Client Review on Action Employment Services, LLC

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Action Employers really set itself apart from the pack from the very beginning in how warm, welcoming, genuine and authentic they are. I was pleasantly surprised to hear back from an actual human being (!) after I submitted my resume online, asking if I could speak on the phone. I was running errands and so had to schedule for the next business day--and then I couldn't remember the exact time we'd scheduled for because I hadn't written it down! Pierre was super-understanding and let me know what time we were supposed to speak when I reached out to him on LinkedIn.After a short phone conversation gauging my availability, interests and the areas that I was willing to work in, I was invited in to the office to talk with Pierre in person.Oh my God, let me tell you, if parking in downtown Portland is difficult, imagine you're driving in for the first time since high school, which was the last time you lived in Oregon. Yeah. Not pretty. I ended up being late for the meeting because I ended up having to park a few blocks away from the office and hadn't accounted for extra "accident" time. By the time I got to the office I was out of breath and so, so anxious!Tracy, the receptionist/office administrator, immediately noticed my distress, and put me at ease saying it wasn't a big deal, things like that happened, and handed me a bottle of water which I REALLY appreciated after jogging through the 31 degrees Celsius weather in a black cotton dress. After filling out some paper work, I got to meet Pierre, the star of the show, who went out of his way to assure me that he understood a first time drive into downtown can be daunting, and that I shouldn't worry. Whew! That was a load off my mind! I'd been feeling really guilty but Pierre and Tracy really set me at ease, which was great of them.Right from the beginning, I got the vibe that this was going to be different from the other talks with recruiters I'd had. So far my experiences with recruiters had been of a curt, impersonal "you are a number to me" kind of attitude, and I won't lie, that hurts. Job searching can make you feel really vulnerable, and something as small as a recruiter broadcasting disinterest and annoyance can make you feel insignificant when before you might have shrugged it off. That's why I was so happy to find that Pierre is a genuinely helpful and authentic soul. I could tell I had found a real advocate in him. Finally, I felt like a human being talking to another human being, a caring, authentic, professional one at that. He really dug deep for my strengths and passions, and was great at translating my experiences into transferable skills, which is an essential skill for any recruiter worth their salt to have. While talking to him I was really having a conversation, an informative conversation but definitely not an interrogation, which is the mark of a skilled interviewer: He put me at ease and teased my life stories out of me so that he could sell me as a candidate to his clients in the most authentic way possible.I've only talked to him yesterday, but already I feel so much more hopeful about my job search process and feel a pep in my walk that wasn't there before. I'm very grateful to everyone at Action Employment who made my first significant foray into the world of staffing agencies such a positive and empowering one.I'll update the review as the process further unfurls, but I'm already sure it'll be a pleasant journey.