Robert Half

This is an incredibly disorganized employment agency. They set me up with a law firm in Chicago, that I interviewed with, and that offered me a position. I accepted and got a start date. After I accepted the position, Robert Half said "Great! Now all we need to do is your background check!" Several things here:
1) Why the *** wouldn't you do that first?
2) I was fully transparent with you for years about my background
3) I am justice-impacted after a property crime when I was younger - literally 15 years ago
4) I would go all in, Texas Hold-em style, that I am more qualified in my profession than 90% of the other people in the field. I have decades of experience and nothing but good rapport with every firm I have ever worked with.
5) Their background check company sucks and couldn't produce a report for over two months. When the report came back, it was laughably anemic.
6) They sent me an email saying that they won't hire me because they find my background objectionable and that it reflects a questionable character.
Here's the thing, folks: I messed up when I was a lot younger, served my time, and spend every waking hour paying society back with the rest of my life. I volunteer, teach classes, serve my community... I do it because I am a reformed person like the 77-100 million adult Americans like myself, with criminal records, who just want to work and be productive. I find Robert Half's procedural policy of conducting a background check after having a candidate interview and accept an offer of employment unprofessional to say the least. They embarrassed me, delayed the process by months when they used a background check company that is clearly not qualified, and then sent me an email telling me that I am basically substandard and tarnished. To *** with Robert Half. They are an unethical organization that should be ashamed of the way they conduct business.

Horrid experience with this staffing company. The recruiters are miserable d**ks who will waste your time on the phone and play stupid psychological games.

Absolute garbage.

Do not schedule an appointment as it will go nowhere. They just need to match a quota of daily visits.

In April 2020, I submitted my resume to RH and was contacted by them concerning a position that would easily fit into my wheelhouse. They scheduled an interview, and I was told shortly afterward that I had gotten the job.

They began the on-boarding process and I followed the steps they requested without delay. I completed all the paperwork, went for the drug screen, agreed to a background check, etc and I kept checking back with them to ensure there was nothing I was missing. This job was important to me because of the economic crisis and desperate need for employment. I have the emails stating they weren't waiting on anything from me; they were doing things on their end.

In late June, I was told about a hiccup concerning my SSN card and I needed to provide a copy of my card even though that was not required during the entire process until now. I jumped through the hoops and even obtained a verification letter from the social security office. I was told by RH and the company who was hiring me, that it was accepted and that they were just finishing up my profile. The next day after being told everything was accepted, I received an email from RH saying I hadn't been cleared in time to begin the position!!

It was now late June and I interviewed in April; they were just now telling me I had not been cleared!! They assured me they would find another position, blah blah blah. Instead, other people started sending me emails as if I was going to be starting the job they said I hadn't been cleared for which clearly indicated a major lack in communication. When I inquired as to why I was getting the contradictory emails, they said they were sent in error.

I still get emails asking if i am looking for work but nothing was done to correct their mistake which they admitted to in writing. They still have not done what they said they would do which was correct the situation.

DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH THIS COMPANY!! THEY ARE A COMPLETE SHAM WITH NO INTEREST IN PROFESSIONALISM OR FINDING YOU A JOB!!

A recruiter from Robert Half found my resume on Indeed and had reached out to me. Inquiring if I would be interested in a Management position.

They were looking to fill a few openings for the project Manager for Chase Bank call center work remotely a nine-month contract.

The fulfillment of everything that was expected of me was completed. Well, after waiting for a period of 3 long months I was offered the position. The whole onboarding process was hectic. They requested a lot of documents to be signed (contract).

HR and the recruiter were not on the same page. However, the recruiter was nice and really tried to keep me updated with much information he was given. But still, he couldn't give me an exact hired date.

After waiting patiently for about 5 months I was starting to speculate this was all a scam. In the end, I was informed by the recruiter that “Chase” overbooked the Team Leads position for the role and didn't have an available spot for me to start.

Had I not called them I think I could have been still waiting for the outcome?

The whole process was weird. And then knowing the fact that I was not going to move forward they kept sending me emails with notifications with requests to fill out an I-9 form in which made me confused if maybe there could have been a mistake and hoping I had the job after all. So I needed clarification from HR but, yet I never receive a call from them only a simple email confirming that the position had already been filled and an apology. However, I did receive a phone call from the recruiter expressing an apology for wasting my time.

I think what upsets me the most is that I even passed by another job opportunity because they had my total commitment to them.

The overall experience was horrible. I do not recommend you do employment with this company.