I was contacted by a Temp Agency regarding a position I matched with on 12/07/17 (whom I've worked with in the past for a large job). On 12/11/17 I had a face-to face meeting with the contractor. On 12/13/17 I was notified that was 'hired', had secured the position and that my 'start date' would be the day after Christmas (12/26/17). By 12/14/17, I had completed and signed all their paperwork (background screen, consumer reports, other pertinent info) again, and completed the usual drug screen test (and passed). On 12/22/17, I sent an email to confirm the start date, time, etc. and did not hear back from them. Through a mutual co-worker, I was told that the job would be starting on 1/2/18 (the day after new years). I also had to cut my New Years Eve plans short to be back in time. After I hadn't heard back from the Temp Agency, I sent another email on 1/08/18 to confirm a start time and date. Through the mutual co-worker, I was told (1/10/18) that his representative (from the Temp Agency) confirmed that the job was now a 'NO-GO', and the temp job was no longer. Later that day, my representative called me and confirmed the contractor backed out and we were no longer need.

QUESTION(S): Should the Temp Agency compensate me for time lost due to the inability to seek other employment during the month long waiting/hiring/work period? (Since after being told I was 'hired', this kept me from obtaining other possible positions with other companies.) What (if any) would my compensation be? What step(s) should and could I take? Is this legal? What action(s) should I take? Is/are there repercussions to pursuing this?

I am 52 years old with a very long work history. I have worked mostly in manual labor jobs, but I have also worked in much easier office positions. That being said I wish to share of my job seeking experience with you. In today's job market employers have the luxury of picking and choosing from hundreds of candidates for one position. So sure you may be educated and skilled in the job you are seeking, but your resume does not reflect that. Most people fail to even get considered for a job due to a poorly written resume. As we have some in previous postings, Grammer, punctuation is only part of it. Most people present employers and job recruiters with a generic resume. Sorry folks that will get you over looked. What you need is a resume created specifically for the position you are applying for. You need to high light skills and education for that job. Do your research on the company. I have found this to be a fantastic tool and it often puts you in a very good interview position. It shows you are serious about working for that company and have taken the time to get to know the company and it's culture. It also makes the interview process so much easier. Just some food for thought on the job seeker road. Also be sure to take advantage of agencies that do temp to hire. They are sometimes the best way to get your foot in the door. Just make sure you do your home work on them and make sure they are a good company to work for. Read the reviews.

After applying for a temp agency in a week. They got me a job right-away and I'm enjoying my first day because my co-workers and our head staff is actually nice and they actually help me alot about every process that we make. I've been unemployed for 2-months finding a job but I never got a call-back after the interview from companies and finally this agency called me that I'm hired from that certain company that I didn't have an interview from the employer personally they just sent me an assessment skills then I scored high like 90 or 95wpm (combined alphanumeric and 10-key)

~Btw, its my first time working with temp agency, will I have a salary raise if I got hired full-time?

I responded to a job through a job placement agency The agency set the interview up for me and I even called to confirm the date. I drove to the interview, it was an unfamiliar area/city to me. When I arrived, they doctor, she was the one who was to interview me acted as if she did not set up the interview. She could not see me because she was with a patient. Then when I asked if she was hiring she hesitated and acted as if she was in no hurry. I think this was very unprofessional.She should have asked me to wait and interviewed me since I spent my time to be there.

I cannot say how many staffing agencies I have been dealing with in the past two months. To me, each and every single one of them make it sound so great, and then...........not one phone call, not one follow up email. I am disgusted and finished dealing with agencies. I am going back to the old fashion way of finding a job and that is sending out my resume' to local companies. I am very educated and smart to be out of work this long.

My view on job recruiters from someone with extensive interactions with them...my thoughts and interactions as well as a detailed account with several recruiters over the years... I started off using recruiters due to the fact that I own my own business and all I really was interested in was using them for /or as a liaison between me and the potential employers, I believe that that will be  the best course of action due to the fact that I was not looking for long-term employment but temporary employment to supplement my income when my business was slow little did I realize that in time recruiters are not for the potential employee they are seeking to get employed through the companies that they are working with but they are more concerned fo the employer, and please don't ever have to separate from a company that a recruiter has placed you with and it is by no means your fault the recruiter will lose contact with you after that as if that is the only company that they are recruiting for. I've dealt with more job recruiters then I would ever like to admit to and a lot of them seem on the surface very nice and highly Interested in getting you employed, but what we as the potential contingent employees must remember is that as much as we would like to think that they are working for us they're really not they're really just trying to get us put some place so that they can get paid from the potential employer. Now I'm not that guy that's just going to say all the recruiters out here are like that because I am sure as my faith is in humanity that there are some genuine recruiters out here that actually care about the contingent employee more so than they do about the employer they're going to place the people at, that they actually care about what happens at the potential employer in that they have their contingent employees back, but in my circumstances I have not seen that to be true. Let's take a look at my last position let's just say I was at a auto finance company in Plano  I had been working there probably two and a half months when I got let go for my my attendance  mind you I'm at work an hour early every day I've never had to call off and I was sent home once because I was very ill, and the reason the gave my temp service was attendance my recruiter did not believe that and seemed genuinely proactive in getting me reemployed else where, and then I never heard from her again and she rarely accept my calls now...tbc...one day I have vented enough for now.

Hello, I hope everyone is having a good start to 2018. So I received a phone call from a Medical Staffing agency about my resume. They stated that had an opening for a Eligibility Specialist ( Verifying Med Ins ) . So they set up the interview for Dec 27 ( Wed ). So I showed up and after the interview the interviewer said they had a 2 others to interview but, I should know something by Friday. Well Friday came and went and I heard nothing. So I figured they must be all off till the first of the year. So I waited till the following week and I have called and emailed and I can’t seem to talk to anyone. This is the most frustrating thing about jobs. You interview and then the waiting game begins.. This is why reason I dislike having to go through a temp agency and I try to avoid them. But, they contacted me and it sounded like a really good job opportunity. So now I just don’t know what to do. But, don’t worry I m not banking everything on this job I m still applying to other places as well. I was just curious if any of y’all have delt with this before. Thank you for your time.. Good Luck to everyone still looking... Rachel

Evening. Have a question. If an employment agency would tell you that they can’t get in touch with your references and cannot send you to an interview for placement is this a red flag? My son thinks I am being lied to as he told me most temporary agencies usually do not call your references. I’ve been told by more than one agency that my computer testing is are excellent. Does anybody else think I need to be concerned?

Thanks in advance for any replies!

Has anyone found seeking employment through an agency provides better outcomes than applying to online sites? I tend to feel the on line signs has the feel if my resume being entered into the abyss.

So, I have been working with AppleOne for a few days and dealing with a gentleman and was told about an opportunity that I might be interested in...so I submitted all the required assessments and questions to him. He tells me that the position pays at max $18.47 per hour. Mmmm...kay...

I get a call from a different person at Apple One for the SAME position and she sends me information and basically the pay is different - as in significantly higher. What gives?