Daniel Roberts

I was sorry to see so many negative reviews of DR.
They placed me several years ago in a wonderful position, in the field I wanted. (Hospitality). Great company, pay and benefits.
Professional recruiters. Followed up immediately after the interview, prepped me in advance. I felt they were my partner and not just a recruiter.
I’d gladly call them again if I were looking for a position.

Maybe this place is good for temporary work, but they weren’t terribly helpful when I was looking for a full-​time gig. In fact, though I told them I wanted a full-​time permanent job, they still made me meet with someone on their temp side «just in case.»
After I’d been working in my full-​time job for a few months, they called with a temp-​to-​perm position and even though I told them I wasn’t interested, they continued to call and try to get me to «hear them out.» Uhm, no!

I had an absolutely awful experience with this temp agency. I have been registered with quite a few over the years, so I’m used to the representatives being superficial and disinterested, but Daniel Roberts is its own caliber.
They placed me in a very hostile environment, which they obviously could not have known (the man I worked directly for verbally abused me regularly, in addition to making inappropriate comments.) However, when I explained this to the woman who had placed me, she simply told me I was exaggerating and that I should stick it out.
I remained at this company for six months (a miserable six months), after which time there should have been $ 500 given to the person who referred me to Daniel Roberts (my mother, incidentally). After months of excuses they made to her, they refused to give her the promised money, saying it was because I had eventually quit.
Even in this economy, I would rather be jobless than go back to Daniel Roberts. If you have any other option, do not use this agency.

Dear Courtney A.,
Just a reminder… when you find a job opening through a staffing firm, it’s just that… an opening. It’s your job to ace the interview, get hired, and succeed. Not the Recruiter’s job. Also, another reminder… when a recruiter places a candidate in a permanent position, they guarantee this placement for much longer then you think, meaning that your comment about «the Recruiter pretended like she had no idea» is rediculous. Why would she waste time placing you in a job that she knew was going to end in a lay-​off and not get paid on it??? It seems like you loved this recruiter or the staffing firm enough to work with them on ACCEPTING this job… then you decided they were terrible after you got let go.
Everyone at Daniel Roberts has always been very professional. I have never been placed in a job by them, but they are great at what they do: Recruiting.

I just wrote a long diatribe, but I’d rather just keep this to the point. Professional agency and the only one of four that I applied to this summer that got back to me with a job, but it was only one and they did not follow through. In spite of the fact that I have kept in contact with them, they have not bothered (as far as I can tell) to continue looking for work for me. The woman I worked with was nice enough /​professional enough on the exterior but it was obvious that we weren’t going to jive because I am looking for different things in my work environment then this stuffy agency has to offer. I felt I was treated in a condescending manner and had demands placed upon me that were not only unreasonable for the work they were trying to offer me, but were an insult to my capabilities. You work at a staffing agency, stop taking yourself so seriously.
Perhaps this was just incompatibility of interests and I understand that Daniel Roberts cannot know if I’d be a good worker for them until I do work for them, but I bent to their will so I could get work and they did not follow through. This is entirely on them. I’m very unhappy with my experience at Daniel Roberts. Rude, stuffy, uncompromising. They seemed uninterested in finding out what I would actually like to do and I feel they did not sufficiently recognize or support my limited monetary situation.

I was referred here by a friend who found a temp-​to-​perm job through DR when she moved up here. I initally met with the permanent placement girl, and ended up seeing the temp-​to-​hire girl as well — it was she that found me a position about a week later.
I’ll echo Joce in that DR really listens to who you are and what you are looking for, and definitely tries to fit your needs personally and professionally. So friendly, persistent and more responsive than other agencies. I feel like I should’ve gone to DR sooner.

When I was unemployed for a few months last year, Daniel Roberts got me a bunch of temp jobs to help pay the bills, while still getting me interviews for more permanent positions. The job that I have now was through them, as a temporary-​to-​permanent position.
I went through a lot of different temp agencies during my unemployment, but Daniel Roberts was only one of two (the other being Boylston Staffing near Newbury St.) that got me work while still trying to find me a job I’d like. Plus, they knew who I was when I called, which was a welcome change from other agencies that never had any idea.
I would highly recommend this agency to anyone looking for a temporary or permanent job. Although most of the work they have is your basic administrative stuff, the pay is pretty good and it’s, at the very least, something to do while looking for that dream job on your own.