Working with The Robert Half Creative Group gave me the opportunity to land my DREAM JOB at…read moreStarbucks Coffee Company. As I read through some of the other reviews, most were positive but some expressed sour grapes. I think there are some misaligned expectations as to what a staffing agency is. A staffing agency makes their money by supplying companies with workers either on a temporary are permanent basis. Unless you are paying a staffing agency a fee to find you employment, then the staffing agency's fiduciary responsibility is to the company that is paying them. You need to understand and accept this if you are going to work with a staffing agency. Here's how you benefit from the relationship... Staffing agencies can give you the opportunity/connection to network, learn, and build your resume with world-class business organizations that are extremely challenging to get your foot in the door. Once in though, it's up to YOU to prove yourself and work toward finding your dream job. You can't walk in and expect your dream job to be handed to you. Competition for good jobs in good markets is tough. You have to come at it by assessing the situation for fit, figuring out where YOU can add value in ways that align with your career objectives, get along with ALL the players (putting your ego in check), make a plan, STAY POSITIVE, and execute on it. Oh and by the way, all that work might NOT lead to a permanent job. Don't expect that, if you do you will fail at staying positive. However, know that all the work you are doing is being added to your resume. The way you are handling the situation is being noted by all those you are working with. They will remember you, refer you, and be a reference for you. If played right, over time you will land your dream job. TCG's role was they gave me the connection to make it happen, and supported me with training and advice on handling situations as they arose. That's it, that's all any staffing agency can realistically do for you. Here at the end of my experience with TCG, I can say they've actually EXCEEDED my expectations for a staffing agency. TCG offered me much more career building benefits than other staffing agencies. Benefits such as continued industry training, portfolio showings, attendance to top business industry conferences, team building and network events. This is the stuff that helps you develop your career path. Lastly, they've made my transition to full employment with Starbucks very, very easy. If you are looking to get networking opportunities or work experience added to your resume from renowned organizations and companies, TCG has the connections to make it happen.

I have called, emailed, gone to two different offices, and still have not been in contact with an…read moreactual person from this company. The offices always seem to be closed, the phone keeps ringing, and the emails go unanswered. I want a job, and I thought they could help me. Does anyone actually work here?

Older Asian doctor (not sure of his name) was blatantly incompetent. Diagnosed minor scars from…read morecat's claws as self-harm, which forced a waiver. Good luck!

Military and civilian staff were kind. As long as you do what you're told and don't mess around…read moreyou'll have a smooth experience.

Creative Circle is easily the best recruitment agency I've ever worked with!…read more I have been with them for over 10 years in different cities, and refer anyone I meet that's looking for work, to contact them. Opportunities range from short term assignments, long-term contracts, and contract-to-hire. Their agents are thoughtful, dedicated, and will help insure your resume & portfolio display your best attributes. They regularly contact you during work search and after placement to make sure your needs are met. Issues are handled within the day if not within the hour - To that point, they scrambled to help me organize with jobs I was on when they found I was effected by a natural disaster! A grateful thank you to both Kristi Seifert (WA) and Katie Berkson (PA). I highly recommend Creative Circle to anyone looking for new opportunities!

Creative Circle is a brilliant concept. And, I believe there's ample room for the company to live…read moreup to their stated values. The actual people I have had the pleasure to engage with have always been lovely. But, my observation of their business model is that they are income-focused-first and relationship-focused somewhere much further down the line. Being more net-income-centric than human-centric resonates as more similar to "following" than "leading" in business, most certainly in the marketing world they represent, where consumers are critical and have endless options. Mine is, of course, just an anecdote, one experience. I have received dozens of invitations to apply for roles and I have responded to a select few, only those where the fit between my skillset and the work required was genuinely aligned. And, I've never received a response of any kind. There's a very modest time investment they make upfront, evaluating prospective employees', like myself, experience and expertise at the start of the relationship, then the 1:1 communication seems to end there. It's been disappointing. If I were ever asked "How can we improve?" I would offer that the opportunity for Creative Circle here, as I see it, is to reflect on your values as a company, take a look at the shifting marketplace, and create an authentically human-focused engagement environment where there's trust fostered, earned and realized between the employer, the prospective employee and the Creative Circle brand --- and the real-life humans behind that brand. I realize that's potentially a daunting task, perhaps one that eats into net income... but someone's out there trying to figure it out. Why not you? With all due respect, this has just been my experience. Perhaps others have enjoyed something more meaningful and valuable in their collab with Creative Circle. The other reviews here would suggest so, but I suspect there's a lot more folks out there who feel similarly but have too much else to worry about right now than a yelp review.

Overall, working with this agency was a negative experience. They stole money from me by keeping my…read morepay from a job, but I will get to that... I didn't mind that they make you pay to take a class before starting, it was expensive ($350), but fun and helped a new timer learn a few things. I didn't like that they make you take (HORRIBLE) headshots through their company for $400 per session. I've modeled over 100 times and never have I received such awful photos. The headshot experience is uncomfortable and fake, it shows in the photos (that end up with terrible photo-shopping on top of it). I hated that they make everyone retake the headshots every year. But what is really making me write this review was what happened after 4 or 5 years of trying to make things work with them. I accepted a decent paying job at a convention center, being a hair model for a high end hair coloring company out of LA. I planned to send in my resignation sometime after. It usually takes quite a few weeks (sometimes months) to get your pay check from the agency, but after I quit, I never received one for the hair show. I contacted them in January about tax info and my missing paycheck and the response I received was atrocious! Bob, the ring leader, responded with info about their snaky little contract. Sneaky, yes, but more so snaky. He told me that I am responsible for scheduling their expensive and terrible headshot session (that I don't want and dread) on time, each year. Since I did the hair show after the one year marked date of my last set of headshots (that were so bad I couldn't even use them), and since I was not renewing my contract, they had the right to collect the money I would have spent if I were to have had the headshots done. Following me here? ...they took the $400 out of my paycheck for headshots I never got. They also took their 20% fee along with it. So, my $500 paycheck for working 22hrs in 2 days, on heals, and getting my hair royally f*cked up in the process, was stolen. (The heals thing is a big deal to me because I've had RA in my whole body since I was 4yrs old. I couldn't walk for days after pushing through this hair show.) I lost so much money doing this job, re-dying my very long hair was outrageously expensive, not to mention the time I took off work to be there for 11hrs - 2 days in a row. But it would have been worth it for my paycheck. ***Side Issue: They promise you one year with the headshots. But they take a long amount of time to process them. It took 2 months to get my last set of headshots. The amount of time I actually got to use the headshots before the contact says they get to keep your money is only about 10 months, even though they promise you a year. JUST DON'T DO IT. THERE ARE SO MUCH & SO MANY BETTER AGENCIES IN SEATTLE. Save yourself the money and they BS and go with someone else. I could go on and on about the things they say they offer and how much they don't follow through. Including a bi-weekly improv night that comes with your contract, to help you enhance your skills, that would get cancelled more than actually happen. There was one year I stayed with the company only for the improv nights, and it was cancelled altogether for the most part of that year. Just don't do it. It's for young people who don't know how much they are being taken advantage of.

Not a great experience at all. I feel they upsell their headshots (you have to have them taken by…read morethem), and you have to enroll in classes. A lot is promised upfront and never delivered. You really get more of what feels like a sales pitch. In our situation a price was quoted and then conveniently forgotten about. So we were in an odd situation, I reluctantly paid and moved on. No receipt or contract was given to me. I have been trying for months to have our class deposits returned as I have finally come to my senses and they have not responded.

I'd applied for a position through an online job site and was lucky enough to have Laurel reach out…read moreto me. From the get-go, she invested time in getting to know me. We talked a lot about my previous work experiences, my current situation, and where I saw myself going. Throughout the interview process, she was transparent in communicating the client's perspective. As soon as she received an update, I could count on her to connect with me. Though job interviewing has a tendency to be a stressful process, she helped me keep my head on straight by always being straightforward with where I stood. She provided lots of helpful engagement tips and offered effective follow-up communications. Week after week, Laurel demonstrated a high level of professionalism and was personable throughout. The entire process took about a month and I'm grateful to have journeyed with her to successfully land a new career opportunity.

Had the very best experience with Dana! She is not only friendly and personable but she is very…read moresupportive throughout the entire process. I have had a few experiences in the past with other recruiters from different companies but Dana is truly the best.

I've been here. Very disappointing from the original therapist I had seen who quit. Then when I'm…read moreconsidering giving them another chance they can't even be bothered to provide profiles on the therapists that work there. Why so secretive? So I will write them off. Oh if your Black? You'd be better off going elsewhere. So not welcome there.

I am so appreciative a non profit like ACRS exists. I've referred so many people to ACRS who…read moreneeded assistance and who were in crisis. Over the years, I've attended events and socials in which ACRS staff were present and I got to see them in community. The agencies hard work speaks volumes to the impact and social change that staff do. I love the food bank referrals, clinical resources, and translation services. I want to nominate ACRS for non profit of the year. I'm not sure if it's too late and I'll nominate them next year also. Seattle is lucky to have such a wonderful agency like this. Also, shout out to Dillon who is an amazing change agent.

Great place for getting back on your feet and they really try to work with you. I have done quite a…read morefew jobs with them upon my move back to town and they were always really flexible and helped me anytime they could with any number of life obstacles that sometimes pop up in life as we don't always plan for them

Twice I have gone thru express professionals for employment. Both times were through the Mentor,…read moreOhio location. First time before the pandemic. They kept messing up my pay. Instead of apologizing, they tried to blame. This partime, they placed me with Process Technology. Two days in, I was messaging my recruiter begging to be placed somewhere else. This place was and still is a factory of nothing but OSHA, I ended up hurting my right shoulder and was denied medical. My recruiter kept saying they had no jobs, yet was sending me job notifications asking me if I knew anyone who was looking to be placed. I said, me. He ignored. I also had to hound them for weeks to fix my pay. I then had to text them to tell them I was being harassed at the job by a coworker because Process Technology was not doing anything. I have all those conversations recorded. I continued to ask for a different placement constantly. I was actively looking for a new job, but most places use temp agencies. I ended up hurting my right shoulder again doing the same job that I had begged to be put elsewhere. I was not allowed in HR because you are only allowed after work hours and have to clock out. I need to be somewhere at 3 every day. Express Professionals is responsible for paying for my treatments, but they are not filling the proper paperwork. I have asked thru numerous texts for the number to contact the insurance and my claim number. Express Professionals, or shall I say the owner is refusing to help me get the care I need. Not to mention, the owner has a photography studio and asked me if I had a senior daughter who needs her pictures done. Why ask for a specific sex? That is predatory. The doctor and PT that I see believe I have a tear in my rotary cuff, but they can't properly treat me until they get an MRI. But Jim, the site owner of the Mentor location, is not corporating.