The Red Guide to Temp Agencies

Review of Core Personnel

Browse Back

Search the Red Guide Challenge Database for information from the staff of Core Personnel, or agencies with similar names.

Browse Forward

59 John Street
, NY

Total time with agency:
6 years

Wait for first assignment:

Average wait between assignments:

Last five jobs:

Job Title	Length	Client	Hourly Wage	Typical of agency?
				Y
				Y
				Y
				Y
				Y

Tests given:

Payroll policies:
On-site time sheet pickup:
Direct deposit of payroll checks:
Free check cashing at agency's bank:

Benefits:
Medical insurance:
Dental insurance:
Paid vacation:
Transportation allowance:
Entertainment allowance:
Matching contributions:

Comments:
I worked with Core from 1994-1997.

I was a receptionist and always made $10 an hour. Things weren't good between us when we stopped working together in 1997. Nevertheless, looking back, all feelings aside, this is a good agency.

The couselors are hard working, decent people and I never had a problem with them re: money. They come across as brash sometimes and somehow unidentifiably unsophisticatd. (I eventually put my finger on it: they're Pigmaleons from Staten Island.) But don't let that fool you. They're intellgent folks.

Every so often there'd be a gap of a week in which I didn't get called for work. If you work with Core, or any other business, try to have a secondary agency on hand just in case.

After temping for a while, I just lost interest in the whole thing. I realized I'd become a "permanent temp"... not a way I wanted to live. However, if you are just starting out in New York, this is a GREAT place to go. Young and fresh goes over well on Wall Street.

Don't lose sight that you are still just another ID number in a huge pool of temps. Don't be too offended when they call you by a variation of your name or something close to it and, no matter how often you correct them, they'll never get it. It's a huge cattle ranch like a lot of other places. That's the nature of temping. But they have jobs, so learn to be a user, too.

Reporter:

Email:

Date:
Fri Aug 20 17:21:48 GMT 1999

Browse Back

Search the Red Guide Challenge Database for information from the staff of Core Personnel, or agencies with similar names.

Browse Forward

Review Database	Challenge Database	Introduction
What's New	Tips for Temps	Review Form

The Red Guide to Temp Agencies is copyright 1994-2004 by Angus B. Grieve-Smith.
It may be reproduced in its entirety, but may not be sold for profit or reproduced in part without written permission of the Editor.

Feel free to email me with questions or comments. Please do NOT email me your resume. I am not an employer, and I cannot get you a job. If you send me your resume anyway, I will report it to your internet provider. My email address is grvsmth@panix.com.