Have you ever had experience with military job placement firms?

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:10:52 -0500

In the past, I have dealt with military job placement firms (e.g., Bradley-Morris, Lucas Group, Orion, etc.) when I had transitioned into the civilian world. I had some good experience and some not-so-good experience. What was your experience with them? Was it good? Was it not-so-good? Have you ever obtained a job through them. Let me know.

Response by SFC James Baber made Dec 12 at 2013 10:04 PM

SFC James Baber — Thu, 12 Dec 2013 22:04:00 -0500

Most of them have been bad, they mainly want to send you to jobs that are concentrated on either sales or telemarketing, not for me on either account.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 3 at 2014 1:21 PM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 13:21:41 -0400

The RallyPoint population has grown since I last posted this over 10 months ago, therefore I'd like to see what the newer members have to say about this.

Response by PO2 Tamera Pantejo made Oct 25 at 2014 12:29 PM

PO2 Tamera Pantejo — Sat, 25 Oct 2014 12:29:21 -0400

I'm still trying it out.

Response by LCDR Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 14 at 2015 3:33 PM

LCDR Private RallyPoint Member — Fri, 14 Aug 2015 15:33:53 -0400

I went to one...once. Once they parsed off all the aviators to KBR, they suggested the last remaining two...myself and an Infantry officer...apply with a trucking company.

Response by SGT Tom Kelly made Aug 27 at 2015 5:54 PM

SGT Tom Kelly — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 17:54:40 -0400

SGT Hauschildt:

I have many years of experience on both sides of the placement side of roles in the civilian sector both as a manager hiring and a manager seeking a position. Of the three organization's you have mentioned only one of them focuses on Military recruiting as a full focus. There are many "recruiting agencies" in the civilian sector they are known as either contingency or retained recruiters. their are independent recruiters as well ........Contingent recruiters market you to a group of organizations your background fits.....they do not necessarily have any specific opportunities, although sometimes they do....they have contacts out in the industry....sort of a shot gun approach....make no mistake their allegiance is to the hand that feeds them....unfortunately, this is not you......it's the company they are marketing you to.........retained recruiters......have positions that the company has already approached and has paid a retainer....a fee to find them the candidate that is the "perfect" candidate. Their allegiance is....you guessed it - to the company they are working for. I would suggest that you have someone recommend a recruiter, rather than spinning your wheels.....I have worked with hundreds of these firms in finding candidates for me to hire as well as used them when I needed a job. Make a list of questions and send them to me.....ill see if I can help.....best job seek sites are recruitmilitary.com and indeed.com as well as LinkedIn.com. Sometimes it is beneficial to go straight to the company....on their website and apply.....Please tell me....what is your MOS and explain a little background behind it.....

Response by PO1 Glenn Boucher made Nov 7 at 2015 3:50 PM

PO1 Glenn Boucher — Sat, 07 Nov 2015 15:50:30 -0500

Zero luck with them, they keep trying to get you into bill collecting or telemarketing or some cold calling sales job.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 11 at 2015 9:58 AM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 09:58:23 -0500

I have contacted the firms you have mentioned. Other firms either didn't get back or were looking for specific MOS for their priorities.

Most of the jobs were telemarketing or sales heavy, and the few jobs that were not, were jobs where you were driving around from location to location for 70+ hrs a week. The interview panels these groups set up send you into companies that you don't meet any expectations for, and most seem to only want engineer Officers or Senior NCO's.

Deciding finally that these transitioning firms were a waste of time, I moved into the civilian sector agencies. Same story. Very heavy on sales, odd jobs (two week periods covering for people on vacation) or working in industry related such as packaging and cleaners, regardless of experience.

Best is to just keep applying to everything on Indeed.

Response by SGT Brooks Bojanowski made Nov 19 at 2015 11:31 AM

SGT Brooks Bojanowski — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 11:31:27 -0500

I actually work for a 'placement firm' right now and to be honest it's more about the person that you deal with at each organization more than the company itself. Truth be told, we have some folks recruiting for us who do a phenomenal job and others who do quite the opposite. My focus is in the IT, Cyber and Intelligence sectors supporting various Federal Government Agencies and Integrators.