Recruiters for Entry Level Jobs

[Anonymous]

Anyone know of recruiters that will help college graduates for entry level jobs?

[Anonymous]

Go to your college career center. That’s basically what they do.

[Anonymous]

Entry level roles are sometimes filled by Manpower, Kelly Staffing and other local temp / staffing agencies. Some will post their openings online. Note - they are there to fill roles for their client companies, they are not there to ‘help your kid land a job’ per se. If your kid has the basic skills for their positions - usually warehouse, customer service, receptionist, etc, they will submit them for consideration to the company that is hiring. Having said all this, the PP who recommended career services at college - that is definitely the way to go if the career office is decent, and they will be more helpful to your young adult in preparing a resume, preparing for an interview etc.

[Anonymous]

I am also going to put a plug in for the college recruiting office. My DS used his - the staff helped him polish his resume, and worked with him on interviewing skills. They DID NOT just handpick jobs for DS or talk to companies on behalf of DS. He had to do quite a bit of work on his own. Their number one recommendation was to network and DS was very hesitant to start the networking. They guided him on how to do the networking. The recruiting office did have some events where companies met with students. But this was in the height of Covid restrictions so most of the events were online via zoom.

I'm on a parent Facebook page for my DS' college, and I was amazed how many parents complain about the recruiting office. My DS found them invaluable but admitted that he had to be very proactive with the office and his job search. DS spent probably 20 hours a week job searching starting about a year ago (totally serious) but it paid off. He received three very generous offers in late October and turned down a fourth company that he was still in the interviewing process with.

[Anonymous]

My DC used Linked In very successfully to get noticed and recruited - too much to write here but look into building a profile that emphasizes skills and interests. I’m not sure how it works exactly but DC got many recruiting calls and interviews and ended up landing a fantastic position at a top firm - most companies use Linked in to recruit these days.

[Anonymous]

There is so much wrong with this post. I'm sorry OP but your kid who has graduated college should have navigated this already, by themselves.

[Anonymous]

Addison Group

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am also going to put a plug in for the college recruiting office. My DS used his - the staff helped him polish his resume, and worked with him on interviewing skills. They DID NOT just handpick jobs for DS or talk to companies on behalf of DS. He had to do quite a bit of work on his own. Their number one recommendation was to network and DS was very hesitant to start the networking. They guided him on how to do the networking. The recruiting office did have some events where companies met with students. But this was in the height of Covid restrictions so most of the events were online via zoom.

I'm on a parent Facebook page for my DS' college, and I was amazed how many parents complain about the recruiting office. My DS found them invaluable but admitted that he had to be very proactive with the office and his job search. DS spent probably 20 hours a week job searching starting about a year ago (totally serious) but it paid off. He received three very generous offers in late October and turned down a fourth company that he was still in the interviewing process with.

College recruiting office at my DS's school is completely useless.  The people there did absolutely nothing.  Through connections from the university athletic office, DS got in touch with several big donors of the athletic program, DS was able to get a good paying job from one of the donors.  The most important thing to remember is not how much you know but who you know.

[Anonymous]

Addison Group

np here. the above is helpful. There just don't seem to be employment agencies like there use to be. Now it's nonsense like "career coach" (who don't have jobs)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Addison Group

np here. the above is helpful. There just don't seem to be employment agencies like there use to be. Now it's nonsense like "career coach" (who don't have jobs)

What is Addison Group? Are they head hunters?