Blue Arrow

As a soon to be graduate with no imminent job lined up, off to temping agency, Blue Arrow it was! I live in Manchester, and having no office skills or experience to speak of, decided to hit the catering branch of this agency. I walked in, was kept waiting an interminably long time (but hey, that's okay - I'd keep my prospective employees waiting while I sat chatting to my friend at the next desk too...) "Suzy" eventually calls me over, and she's actually fairly nice. Has me fill in a plethora of standardised forms (name, address, qualifications, work experience etc) and photocopies my passport ... more

I recently went to see a Blue Arrow recruitment company . When I went in, a man greeted me and I asked me to take a seat at the lobby. Just about 3 minutes after that, a lady consultant came up to me and asked me about how she could help me. I didn't even need to walk up , but she came and sat next to me. How nice (sounds too good to be true, right?). So she asked to see my CV and took a copy of it. I told her about my job options and that I was open to either temping or permanent roles. She told me to come in the next day to discuss a bit more and to register which would take some time. The ... more

Blue arrow in my experience are a very good recruitment agency, I have experience only with the liverpool branch though. I first went to blue arrow after a string af very short term positions on of which is now my chosen career. I approached blue arrow regarding my desire to gain experience within the IT industry. Blue arrow were completely honest with me and stated that they did not usually deal with IT positions. They took my details and had a informal chat about my skill set. I left thinking they wouldnt be able to get anything for me but within 2 days they were on the phone saying they had ... more

With Blue Arrow, it seems, your experience mainly depends on where you sign up with them, which could mean that it's up to the staff. The first time I worked for Blue Arrow was in Edinburgh in 1996. I was temping for them and had no lack of work whatsoever from day one. Since I just moved to Scotland from Germany then, I was quite desperate for money (the exchange rate DM/£ was a joke), I rold them I'd do as many hours as they could give me. And they sure gave me enough - I worked and average of about 50hrs. a week. After a few weeks I wanted a break - no problem there either. So I took a ... more

Blue Arrow A year back when i was in the need of a job my two friends had gone through this agency to get into places.Blue Arrow once you join them if you are looking for temporary work will take your CV and in some cases like mine put you on a data entry test. Blue Arrow once i registred with them said they would be in touch, they always seem to have positions up outside their shop saying urgent but they never seem to contact everyone as those same positions seem to be there for months! Blue Arrow seem to have a lot of jobs with poor pair and the jobs are quite often not the best jobs around ... more