Placement services/headhunters

[Flatbedfred]

I'd like to know if any of you drivers found a job via a placement company or "headhunter" person?

If you did, how did it work out? Was the company they put you with a good fit? What sorts of questions did the placement person ask you?

Thanks

[CaliTrucker]

I've been down that road a couple of times when i really got in a bind and needed a job. Most of these companies seem like they are trying to get you in the door, fill out paper work for a few hours, and then you wait days or maybe even weeks for a job. And god forbid if you turn down ANYTHING, they will usually never call you again.

I got assigned to a place where I was suppose to be hauling building materials around the Sacramento area. I rode with the guy for 3-4 days not doing much of anything and couldn't believe anything actually got to where is was suppose to go. None of the loader and most of their drivers didn't speak a lick of english and so communication was almost non existant and when i tried to ask for a map or some type of directions to an area i wasn't familiar with they would blow me off or tell me to go ask someone else and no one wanted to help. So at the end of the day I called the placement agency and told them the situation and that i wasn't comfortable there at all. So they told me i didn't need to show up the next day and they would "try" to find me something else. Well that never happened.

Around here, there are some placement agencies that only work with people that want to be placed into full time, permanent jobs which seem to be a little better than they temp agencies that bounce you around from job to job, but i've never worked for one of them, even though they called me with a few decent sounding positions, i couldn't accept any of them because I had already found work on my own.

As far as the questions go, seemed to be just run of the mill questions about your work history and general things like not doing drugs and not stealing from the company.

From my experience, try to get hired directly on with a company if at all possible, but if the need arises try to look at all the companies to see which one might be better than the others.

[Orangetxguy]

The thing you have to remember about placement agency's, is that THEY make their money on the amount of work you do, at the company where they palce you. So if you do not perform, at their customer, they aren't going to call you again, because you made them 0 $$$.

[Flatbedfred]

Thank you for your response. Is there anyway you can send me a pm? i have a couple of more questions.

thanks

[GTR SILVER]

fred.................

you don't need a "placement" service........

you have over a year of exp............
a clean lic..............no criminal rec...........

you live in an area where there are plenty of high paying local jobs...
and you can have any OTR job you want................
don't sell yourself short!!!!!!!
BOL 2 ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8) 8)

[GTR SILVER]

fred.................

you don't need a "placement" service........

you have over a year of exp............
a clean lic..............no criminal rec...........

you live in an area where there are plenty of high paying local jobs...
and you can have any OTR job you want................
don't sell yourself short!!!!!!!
BOL 2 ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8) 8)

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........maybe i have the wrong fred.........????

[tootie04]

fred.................

you don't need a "placement" service........

you have over a year of exp............
a clean lic..............no criminal rec...........

you live in an area where there are plenty of high paying local jobs...
and you can have any OTR job you want................
don't sell yourself short!!!!!!!
BOL 2 ya !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8) 8)

hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..........maybe i have the wrong fred.........????

I was wondering the same thing....thte other guy was goldiesplating i dont know if they are the same or not....

[Double L]

Yeah it's the same Fred Tootie and GTR, I gave Fred "Goldiesplating" his cb handle of Flatbed Fred. 8)