Apple Recruitment Services

I don’t profess to be the most qualified individual, at the time I signed up to this city centre agency I had my A-​levels and a degree in Politics, I’ve increased this since then but at the time I thought my chances of a reasonable degree of employment would be likely.
I spent my details and a half-​capable CV to Apple just after finishing my degree. I was hoping for something, something less demeaning than my part-​time university work and close to slave labour back in my youth.
I waited… poor, penniless and generally feckless. I hoped, I prayed but in the end found my own employment after a lengthy wait with no luck, nought, nothing even along the lines of toilet cleaner…
I may just have been that one little glitch, a niche in the market that couldn’t be satisfied, who knows.

Years ago I signed up with Apple Recruitment for some temporary work and found that even though I didn’t have much relevant experience, they found me work fairly quickly. It served a purpose, though jobs were never going to lead to anything that would be of any long term interest to me. Like most temping agencies they will slot you in wherever it is practical for them to do so, often in public sector positions. Good opportunities for permanent jobs can arise, though it is the nature of the temporary work beast to feel exploited on occasions. I had found this firm useful over the years until I was hit by last winter’s horrible economic downturn and there just seemed to be nothing doing with them for months, apart from the odd day of work here and there which doesn’t keep the wolf from the door. Apple Recruitment will find you something if you’re willing but I can’t wait to find a dream, permanent job, temping’s only ok up to a point.

Apple recruitment was one of the many recruitment agencies I visited just after graduation. In my desperation to find a job (I’m not sure why I was so desperate) I called in here after seeing an advert in the window. Despite being an unregistered randomer, they sat me down and discussed my eligibility to the role and gathered all the relevant information and sent it off. They still keep in constant contact about roles that they think I’d be interested in and its always the same lady that does this. It adds a personal touch which is probably why they are one of the most successful agencies in NI.

Nick’s review of recruitment agencies in general is pretty accurate. Although I think it’s just a product of the recession to be honest. There are just too many people looking for work so the agencies are totally inundated. I’ve found that the trick is to keep ringing up and speaking to whoever is meant to be looking after you — that way they’ll never forget you when jobs come along!
Anyway, hindsight’s a wonderful thing and I’m now gainfully employed, so *crosses fingers desperately* I won’t be dealing with any recruitment agencies int he near future.
As far as Apple went, I can’t really complain. They have quite a few public sector contracts, and so manage to place a lot people in temporary (which very often lead to permanent) jobs in the civil service. I got a temp job with them and while it didn’t get made permanent, I had no complaints with the way Apple dealt with me from start to finish.