Career Blazers

Eegads! Back in the ’90’s when I was young and starting out I went here.
Big mistake. Lots of tests and hoops to jump through — and then no jobs — or low paying crappy ones.
So glad that phase of my life is OVAH!

Okay, the first time they called me I was happy to go down. Met with a lady who seemed nice. I was told that my resume would be redone & they would call me. Souds good to me!
After two weeks of nothing I call to check on the status of my revised resume only to be toldthat since I had MTA as my last position I wouldn’t get hired by anyone because people think all govt’ employees are lazy.
…Thanks.
Months later I get called in by another recruiter. As Im walking there Im feeling like I have been here before. I had been on so many interviews I had forgotten. So I stay and sign up yet again. Again… no job from them.
A week later I get called by yet another recruiter from them! I schedule the appt. and then go back in my emails and remember hey I have done this twice before! So this time I send an email letting them know that yes, I am signed up with your company and yes I am ready to start work and no, I will not take the Metro North to come in yet again because none of you speak to each other.
Totally Unprofessional.

I have never been treated so unprofessionally by any temp agency as I was by Career Blazers.
Our kick off was phenomenal! I was quickly greeted and offered a placement before I’d even completed my initial interview.
I wasn’t able to take the position since I didn’t feel properly qualified… and because something was off in my soul when they offered me a position which needed a high-​level Power Pointer before I even did my testing. Had I said I was qualified, they would have sent me without proof. The one rep said, «If you can do it, it’s yours.» That should have been Warning Sign #1.
Warning Sign #2 should have been how uncomfortable I was made to feel by the agents, who all work together to place clients, shouting at each other like lions trying to get the first bite of a kill. But I left it alone as this is NYC and tact/​kindness isn’t something we’re known for.
A few days later I received a frantic call from my personal rep about a customer service position. After I got excited, she apprehensively added, «…and the job requires just a bit of sales.» Mind you, I made it EXCEEDINGLY clear that I don’t do sales. I’m excellent at it, but it sucks my soul dry, which were my exact words to my rep. I told her that I’d consider a job that had only about 10% sales requirement AT MOST, but did not promise to take any such placement.
So she’s shmoozin’ me and assuring me that the job is all clerical and customer service with the SMALLEST bit of sales required. It was with a small company offering excellent, flexible hours and decent pay. I was working two shows at the time and needed some extra income. So I took the assignment on my probational condition that if the sales component of the job was more than I was being told, I would rescind my offer to accept the position.
My rep agreed.
I get to the job to find out that it is 95% telemarketing with sales targets to hit (though no incentives to be gained) and 5% data entry onto an Excel sheet.
To give CB the benefit of the doubt, I asked the company owner for a copy of the job description he submitted to CB. This description CLEARLY listed the position as telemarketing sales.
So I called my rep, explained the situation and my new-​found knowledge, and give notice. She GOES OFF, yelling at me about breaching protocol by going through the company owner… and that I made a commitment and a verbal contract to complete the assignment… and that I would be in breach of that contract and responsible for any lost or incurred fees if I left… and all this absolute BS that equated to an angry so-​and-​so who just got caught trying to hustle.
So I decide to cover my tush and tell the company owner what the 411 was. I couldn’t trust CB to give them the actual reason why I was leaving. But I could trust them to try to smear my name and reputation.
The company owner was so nice and apologetic but wished he had another position to offer me within his company. But he didn’t…and he really wanted me to stay in the telemarketing position because I’d raised his results by 30% within my first week. The entire office was awesome, they all liked me, and they would let me leave mid-​day to go to an audition or call out whenever I needed to do so.
So I tried to stay with them as long as I could. But I burnt out, as I told the CB rep I would. I gave my two weeks notice and left. The CB rep told me I was terminated and would never work for another temp agency in the city again.
After being treated so viciously and being lied to, I lodged a formal complaint with CB. I was asked to come in to speak to one of their top-​level managers. This manager basically told me that I was a lying sack of doo-​doo with no talent, that I shouldn’t have been signed in the first place, and that he would never take the word of someone like me over one of his reps.
I left, never to return, and have done my best to steer people clear of these vultures ever since. And now that I’m finding them on Unilocal,I find it rather funny that the larger offices I knew them to have are now all closed.
Hmmm. Just saying.
You’ve been warned…

This was a complete waste of my time. I went in and met with Shawn Ball who suggested I change a few things around on my resume, so that he could send me out on interviews. I sent him an updated resume with the suggested changes only to never hear from him again. A month later he contacted me regarding a job posting on Career Builder and asked me to come back in to meet with him. When I told him that we already met, his response was «Oh my bad, ok I have you as avail.» I replied to the email asking when I could meet with the Advertising client and did not receive a response. So I guess they waste your time by having you come in ONLY to not help you with your career search.
DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME WITH THIS AGENCY!!!

In my past life of adult times I came here several times of different dates/​years and meet with different recruiters. I find the recruiters personable yet friendly despite of the standard scripted meeting.

This was my third agency. Some temp opportunities, not what I thought it would be. Nice people

you dont tell someone who quit their job BEFORE the recession that they ‘shouldn’t have quit their job, get something lined up first, there’s a recession and its hard!’
this was crap advice
they had no jobs available for me
and they tried to tell me that a 25 year old with a college degree and two years of administrative assistant behind her should be paid $ 10 an hour.

This was a nice place. The vibe in the lobby was great, recruiters were friendly. I heard some ladies fighting in the back though LOL!!! I think they were recruiters but they were literally screaming at each other! The people who helped me, however, were super nice and I got calls pretty quickly… nothing I was interested in though. I wouldn’t rule this one out in any case. They should automate the application process though. The paper application gave me a hand-​cramp!

I too had good experiences with Career Blazers. When I went in to apply, I was able to speak to someone face-​to-​face, and best of all got a job within a week! As someone looking for a job ASAP, I couldn’t have asked for more.

everyone has been great at this firm. this is the best recruiting firm because they have many contacts and will send you out on a lot of interviews with very prestigious companies for a position you would qualify for. no joke!