From: stuarta@syd.dms.CSIRO.AU (Stuart Andrews)
Subject: Re: HELP ON SYDNEY PHONE NUMBERS
Organization: CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Statistics, Australia
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 21:46:50 GMT

In article <93009.211944U22822@uicvm.uic.edu> U22822@uicvm.uic.edu writes:
>COULD ANY ONE PROVIDE ME PHONE NUMBERS OF COUPLE OF EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
>IN SYDNEY?

Yeah..., quoting from my unfotrunately vast experience of such things...

Try:
Carter and Stone Consulting Services. 275 Alfred St North Sydney
Phone 62,2,955-5477.
Contact: Sharon Stone.
Comment: A very small agency. (Two women + one guy at last count). VERY good,
         Very proffesional. No mess, no fuss.


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Clayton and Partners. Also 275 Alfred St. North Sydney.
Phone: 62,1,959-3448
Contact: David Burgess, Brian Clayton.
Comment: Slightly larger, but ot big enough to be impersonal. Proffesional.
         Efficient. Have found me a few jobs over the years, some I've taken,
         some not. Do have a habit of finding you a job, settling you in,
         waiting 6 months then ringing up to see if you wan't another job.
         Generally, an impressive agency.

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Another Human Resource Company in North Sydney. Name starts with "Q"
Comment: I was very badly treated by this agency and I cannot reccomend them.
         Included only because my advice is to avoid.
         In my case used hassle tactics extensively (like 12 phone calls in a
         2.5 hour period) when I refused a job offer. Extremely competitive
         with competitors, even to the extent of making statements that were
         in my opinion defamatry (sp?) of specific competitors.

 This is by no means an isolated incident. In my (extensive) experience, there
are very many agencies in this category. Agencies tend to be VERY competitive
and will stop at nothing to beat their competetors to what I call their
"$3000 for doing nothing" (The fee tends to be >= to $3K).

Many get quite irate if you admit to being 'on the books' with more than
one agency at a time (competetive nature). I believe the recruiting industry
in Sydney can be compared to the cutthroat world of used car sales. Not much
honesty or integrity (despite many many claims to the contrary).

Another group in this industry are the very large companies who work on
quantity, not quality. There are several of these who advertise extensively
in the Sydney Morning Herald. A common tactic is to advertise heaps of fake
jobs with references to a specific (also I suspect) fake person. When you
call they put you through to anybody, get your details and sus you out for
whatever jobs they have on their books that day. If they don't find something
for you in a week they'll dump you and go on.

The two companies I quote above are a breath of fresh air in a pretty scummy
business. They come with my higghest reccomendation.

Good luck...

stuartb

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