Double Down Trent
04-18-2002, 12:56 PM
What the hell happened after Brian Benton left?
Brian placed me in a position in NYC in the fall of 2000. Unfortunately, I was laid off at the end of the summer of 2001, just before 9-11. (Comapny thought practice was going to expand, instead it contracted and I was the Last-In-First-Out)
First thing I did was call Brian. He was out on sabbatical (sp?), but Brian Lee helped me out until Benton got back. I loved working with Benton, always honest and forthright and always did a good job. Unfortunately, the market for my experience level completely dried up in the aftermath of 9-11, so it was difficult even getting interviews. (I know it wasn't Brian's fault because I was also working independently and with other recruitors and was hitting the same walls using those avenues)
Then, when Brian left DW Simpson, he had set it up for another team to assist me. There were three people he mentioned, though I don't remember their names. None of them ever called me, definitely souring me on DW Simpson.
I have since found a position through another recruitor and will be starting in a few weeks. I see a lot of people on this board and elsewhere bashing recruitors, and some specifically target DW Simpson, and I've always stuck up for them.
When I was graduating school, I worked with Bill Coumas at DW Simpson, and while I ended up accepting a position through campus recruiting, Bill got me a ton of interviews and more than a few offers. When I was looking to move to NYC, I immediately called DW Simpson and that was when I met Brian Benton.
I have always let people know that I thought DW Simpson was a class organization and would do their best for you. I had always felt that using a recruitor was better than just sending unrequested letters and resumes to people you find in the SOA directory, at least as long as you were looking outside your current locale.
Now, after the whole fiasco of nobody ever calling me after Brian left, I was really left with a bad taste in my mouth on DW Simpson.
I was just wondering if you could possibly have any explanation as to how DW Simpson could act in such a manner to a candidate who had already been placed by DW on a previous occassion, ALWAYS got the in-house interview from the phone interview (so I wasn't wasting anyone's time), and dealt openly and honestly with DW recruitors concerning my needs and wants in a new postion to help save them additional time.
Any thoughts?
Brian placed me in a position in NYC in the fall of 2000. Unfortunately, I was laid off at the end of the summer of 2001, just before 9-11. (Comapny thought practice was going to expand, instead it contracted and I was the Last-In-First-Out)
First thing I did was call Brian. He was out on sabbatical (sp?), but Brian Lee helped me out until Benton got back. I loved working with Benton, always honest and forthright and always did a good job. Unfortunately, the market for my experience level completely dried up in the aftermath of 9-11, so it was difficult even getting interviews. (I know it wasn't Brian's fault because I was also working independently and with other recruitors and was hitting the same walls using those avenues)
Then, when Brian left DW Simpson, he had set it up for another team to assist me. There were three people he mentioned, though I don't remember their names. None of them ever called me, definitely souring me on DW Simpson.
I have since found a position through another recruitor and will be starting in a few weeks. I see a lot of people on this board and elsewhere bashing recruitors, and some specifically target DW Simpson, and I've always stuck up for them.
When I was graduating school, I worked with Bill Coumas at DW Simpson, and while I ended up accepting a position through campus recruiting, Bill got me a ton of interviews and more than a few offers. When I was looking to move to NYC, I immediately called DW Simpson and that was when I met Brian Benton.
I have always let people know that I thought DW Simpson was a class organization and would do their best for you. I had always felt that using a recruitor was better than just sending unrequested letters and resumes to people you find in the SOA directory, at least as long as you were looking outside your current locale.
Now, after the whole fiasco of nobody ever calling me after Brian left, I was really left with a bad taste in my mouth on DW Simpson.
I was just wondering if you could possibly have any explanation as to how DW Simpson could act in such a manner to a candidate who had already been placed by DW on a previous occassion, ALWAYS got the in-house interview from the phone interview (so I wasn't wasting anyone's time), and dealt openly and honestly with DW recruitors concerning my needs and wants in a new postion to help save them additional time.
Any thoughts?