Has anyone had much luck looking for HR jobs through recruitment agencies? If so, how was your experience and how does it compare to internal recruitment processes?

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If you are looking for permanent opportunities I would anchor your search to applying directly with the companies you are interested in.

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Taking your advice, thanks!

It's a great start to get your foot in the door. You might be waiting a while for permanent though. Ive done mostly contract and I'm pretty happy with the experience I was able to obtain in a very short period.

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It's a great way of getting your foot in the door. I highly recommend Robert Half, but keep in mind that each branch has different managerial/leadership/communication styles with specific goals in mind. I had experienced a couple of terrible RH branches before finding a reliable one.

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My first job in HR/TA was through an agency. Didn’t know what I wanted to do and needed work, and my first temp placement led me to a coordinator role, ended up falling into an HR career. I recommend for new grads/those wanting to break into HR, agency temping can be good to gain experience, meet people, & learn about how different businesses operate.

Later in my career I was contacted by an agency recruiter and ended up taking an HR Manager role thought that. Some companies work with agencies where they don’t have internal TA capacity so there can be some good legit roles, but cold applying on agency posting may or may not lead to anything, and knowing what the company is is suuuuuper important to me so I tend to avoid generic agency postings.

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Thanks everyone for responding. I ended up meeting with a recruiter from an agency, he’ll look for opportunities that will suit my wants and I’ll continue to apply for jobs as they come separately. Why not have both approaches, right? Was helpful reading everyone’s experiences, thank you :)

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