Blue Arrow

...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 ...
...So those two tests convinced Blue Arrow I was up to the job and really, I have no (nada!, zip!) experience of either waiting tables or catering, or anything to do with food for that matter. This is something I glossed over in my work experience recounts! Suzy tells me that the pay is usually in the realm of 4.85 (minimum wage apparently for a 23 year old like me) to 5.50, so really rather shocking when all my office-skilled friends agencies pay ...

Jarvissa 12.07.2005 · Read full review
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...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 ...
...me up and told me she got me a temping job in a prestigious firm! I was impressed and so happy. Yesterday was my first day at the office and the job is just great! I am so happy and glad that she was my consultant. Blue Arrow is good! ...

Mclbee 08.08.2003 · Read full review
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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 ...
...temporary basis Great, Withing 1 week of my entering their office i had an IT job which lasted for 2 years, I am now moving onto better things now i have gained valuable experience through my placement at blue arrow. I recomend anyone looking for work to drop in. ...

richardjmeek 03.01.2001 · Read full review
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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 ...
...you would see.I worked for Blue Arrow after my friend got me in a job with the Preston University we worked for two weeks,what we was told was not the tasks we had.We was told our job was administration but yet we was made to do selotaping and sorting even boxes out in some times of our jobs. Blue Arrows staff seem really dumb they never notice your timesheet as my friend belive or not never put no lunch hour down and got paid for it which infact ...

fna2007 19.12.2007 · Read full review
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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 ...
...that good an experience with Blue Arrow in Edinburgh, they were obviously the first choice for me again, so I registered with them again, and - never heard anything regarding a job - neither temp nor permanent. After 6 or 7 visits to the office, asking, if anything was happening and getting a big NO for an answer, I gave up. And this lack of work was definitely no slow market or anything like that, since the papers and jobcentres were packed with ...

saxon 16.11.2000 · Read full review
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...Concerning the staff of Blue Arrow, you have to have a good contact with it because if not, they will give you bad jobs. If you work good and are flexible , you can be the the temp of the month. One of my friend was the temp of the month and he was given £10 and his photo was in the agency. I think, it's a good temping agency. Sorry for the mistakes ...

lovepiercing 24.06.2003 · Read full review
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...temping work and found that Blue Arrow actually paid quite well. However I did find many of the recruitment staff very friendly but a bit clueless when it came to recognition of qualifications and skills. Unless they had been to college themselves they often did not recognise my qualifications or did not place me in jobs where I could gain valuable training, which would have been both a benefit to me and to them. Some of the jobs I was placed in ...
...and inconsiderate. I found many people view temps literally with contempt when infact many of them have a hugh range of skills, training and experience, one job I was sent on it was assumed that all temps were thick and I was shown how to put things in alphabetical order (at the time I had 3 A levels). ...

Gemimathecat 30.07.2000 · Read full review
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...emailed them too. The staff at the branch seemed very nice, in particular my consultant helped me decide the direction I really wanted to look in. Unfortunately I didn't find the right job with Blue Arrow, but I would certainly recommend the Newbury Blue Arrow branch and using bluearrow.co.uk. ...

Jimmy12345 29.07.2003 · Read full review
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I have contacted Blue Arrow on several occasions by email and visited a London branch in Holborn. I have had no feed back from any of these contacts! i just wish potential employers, agencies in particular would give some feedback, they may not like my CV but that is their problem, i have used my CV in the past successfully to find work using the 'direct' approach and cutting out the Middle Man. Agencies are only good for short term temporary work ...
...requirements. Blue Arrow has too many candidates and not enough work by the look of it, as do most other agencies in London, i was recently asked to sign a temp contract at an agency after i had gone in seeking an interview with a permanent Client!! i refused and was then assured that i didn't have too anyway!! ...

robbostew 19.11.2003 · Read full review
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