AppleOne Employment Services

Waste of my time!!! I worked with one rep who I will not mention his name. Bad attitude and racist. He stated to me my hair was pink, and never wear pink to a job interview. I have a degree in fashion merchandising, know how to dress for an interview. I wear what I did because it was not a formal interview. My hair was light red not pink, so because the rep could not get his colors right. He assumed all I knew was hair, and sent me to a factory that does hair color. He assumed that’s all I knew, because he judged my attire. The day I came in he made me take all these test, and never gave me my scores!!! He made me feel like it was a sin to wear pink, he embarrassed and called me out in front of the attire office. Meanwhile a dude with jeans on a cartoon shirt is sitting in the lobby. This was my second time giving this office a chance and trust it will be my last. The assignment was trash the place was a slave ship!!! Nothing related to my degree, just a really crapy company that only hires one race. And I worked my butt off and then after lunch told to leave after making a thousand bottle caps for what I don’t know!!! Complete waste! A few months later I got a really good job on my own, with great benefits. I was also ask to refer people to the agency. Why would I do that??? Valuable lesson cut out the third party, and apply on your own!

Very professional agency, from the receptionist to my encounters with Annie Maynard, Bob Thompson, and the staff in Culver City.
My contact with them led to a permanent, fulltime job in less than one month.
I would highly recommend them as a placement agency!

Mac (Mackenzie) was an absolute pleasure to work with! Not only did he set me up with an amazing job/​opportunity, he helped me figure out exactly what I want to be doing as a full time career. He set up my interview and I was hired and started practically next day. He made the process a breeze considering I was completely unfamiliar with how the company worked. Such a pleasure working with you Mac! Thanks for this opportunity!

This place is a scam. Point blank period. They call you in for an interview and never call you back. Your test scores and work history don’t matter. Besides that recruiters keep quitting. A complete waste of time.

After searching for a work in the last several months and getting the run around from different staffing agencies I was becoming very discouraged and depressed. I would either be ignore after meeting with an agency or sent on interviews for positions I didn’t qualify for. I applied for a temp to hire accountant role from Apple One. Later that day I received a call from Corby in the Culver City office. Within 24 hours I had a phone interview with the client. I had a face to face interview within a week and received an offer within hours!!! That has to be record! I am so excited to start my new job. The role fits my work experience and its with a company I can see myself working with for years to come. She is an awesome recruiter and very warm and friendly. Even on my interview the client mentioned that they have worked with Corby in the past and highly recommend her. If you are in job marking for temporary or permanent role give Corby a call. I am so grateful to have met her. Thank you!

My overall experience with the team at this location was exceptional particularly the guidance I got from Annie Maynard. She gave me great advice on adding keywords to my résumé, coached me through my presentation and made me feel confident walking into my interview!
If you have any questions, you can email or call her and receive a prompt response. I highly recommend going to her for help with your job searching. Thank you so much Annie!

Great service from Bob Thompson and his team.
There seems to be little help from any other agencies unless you are entry level (or am I missing something!?). I received a very good interview opportunity and subsequent job offer within a few weeks and the follow-​up service has been excellent too.

Another apple one/​act 1 waste of time! This place never has jobs any time I have called or my friends have. They are so busy sending out non work emails!!! They must run some kind of underground scheme that keeps the doors open. WASTE OF TIME! Google Apple One Scams and your ll find reviews like this:
AnonymousDec 06#1 074 622
This is what apple one does. As a former internal employee, they make the reps lie to the candidates. We are told not to care about your work history and salary and we are told to lie to you to get you to take jobs that are temporary. As far as the rudeness factor, we are told once we get all the information out of you (leads from where you worked in the past, who you reported to, and references to get the same information out of them) if you aren’t useful you are coded as unqualified in the internal tracking system. You are only called upon when/​if there is a temp job that the office cannot fill. Yes, it is true, 5 job postings are posted a week by every recruiter and they are ghost ads. They are posted to attract candidates to get leads. Nothing more. I was yelled at once for actually looking for a candidate for a job i had open because this person had zero leads. I was written up and rep remained that it was a waste of time. You are tested on tests that don’t even matter as well, and yes, your information is sold to other companies.
AppleOne requires its recruiters to have at least 15 interviews a week, 4 leads from each interview and 4 references so that each interview should give you 8 pieces of information.
The jobs open are ghost jobs, however 1 – 2 of them may be real.

Bob and Mack were awesome to work with. I went in on a Wednesday and by Friday I had a job offer with an amazing company and with a great salary as well. My unemployment period lasted less than a week thanks to these guys. I would definitely recommend this office to anybody looking for employment. I will definitely be using them again for any employment needs I may have in the future.

I can not say how thankful I am for the people at this office. I was recently laid off from a job and had never been unemployed. I was feeling very scared and anxious about how I was going to move forward. After sending out COUNTLESS applications to companies I decided to try something different and contact an employment agency.
I was definitely apprehensive due to the fact I had never done any sort of temp work nor had I ever had to use an outside agency to find a job. From the moment I was contacted by Annie from Apple one the experience was great. Everyone at the office was extremely friendly and helpful. Annie gave me great advice about how to improve my resume to enhance my chances of finding employment.
During my search Corby and Annie teamed up and found me permanent employment. During the entire process they were thorough, friendly, and treated me like an actual person. I could not be happier with the result and if for any reason I become unemployed again I will no doubt be contacting them.
I would advise EVERYONE who is looking for a job or even just a better job to contact AppleOne to see what they can do for you.
Thank you again!!!

I first got linked up with AppleOne a year ago when I first moved to LA. It was by far the best call I could have made. Although the pre-​interview forms are very detailed and lengthy, it comes with the assurance that they want to know just as much about who you are in addition to what you have done.
If you do apply to the CC office, Mackenzie Graff is your guy. I never doubted for a second that he had my best interest at heart and that he works hard to make sure he puts you somewhere you won’t feel completely miserable. His approach is both warm and professional. The first long-​term temp to hire position I was in (that he landed for me in the first month of living here), abruptly ended and he was right on it; lining me up with whatever he could until something long term came up. Although it was a long summer of searching, the things that impressed me was that he wasn’t threatened by me looking on my own or going around to other recruiters and he could not have been a bigger cheerleader. Anyone who has ever been unemployed knows the value of having someone there to get your optimism jolted and feeling proactive. There would be some lapses in communication, but I never perceived it to be a brush-​off. He would simply be looking for the right fit. I now just started a full time job at a great company (with a sweet benefits package to boot), and I could not have done it without him.
I worked with about 2 other agencies this summer who were able to get me the occasional od job, but I never felt like they were catering to my ambition or need for long term as much as doing the traditional temp gigs. AppleOne has a definite advantage due to how large the organization is and how reputable they are; you’re just going to get more selection to choose from.
You may see a breadth of reviews going from terrible to amazing. I can assure anyone out there that AppleOne is definitely NOT a scam. You can verify this easily with BBB. They are a staffing firm, and like many staffing firms they want to let people know about the kinds of job ops that they have then get you under the umbrella, and believe me, it’s worth having that umbrella!

This office has helped me tremendously. They found me a job that lasted 6 months. And Bob has been nothing short of tremendous helping me reformat my resume and give me pointers as to how to make my resume more attractive and less cluttered.

My experience with appleone has been amazing I signed with them back in 2006 Corby Abondano found me a great opportunity in which I received an offer from the client. I was employed the company for 9 years. Due to company merger I was laid off in July 2015.
So I contacted Corby and she came through with another great opportunity.
So If you are seeking employment I suggest you contact appleone. Very professional and respectable company ask for Corby.
Good luck :)
Gary

Before I explain the 2 star rating, I just want to say: AppleOne in itself is a very successful temp agency and job hunting service. Two of my siblings, friends of mine, and my boyfriend all got hired great positions through AppleOne and have been led to permanent positions. I recommend them to everyone I know looking for a job. However, this particular branch really did not impress me. Here’s why:
Similar to others’ experiences from the Culver City branch, mine wasn’t good. I was super encouraged and pumped about my interview with them, but then it was like nothing happened and I didn’t hear from my agent once it was over. I tried calling/​emailing to check in and he always assured me he’d contact me when he had something. He called me for a job opportunity like a few weeks after my interview with him and I was already on a temp job that lasted only two weeks with another agency… Even though the temp job was literally two weeks long, he heard I was with another agency and he never contacted me after that. I tried reaching out after a couple weeks of nothing and he immediately suggested a part time position… Which was not what I was looking for and once I turned that down, nothing again.
ON THE OTHER HAND: I somehow managed to transfer my information online to the Westwood branch and they reached right out to me and had me come in for an interview. I really didn’t know what would come of it since I was already working with two other agencies who were super proactive and putting me in interviews and temp jobs right away. My agent, Molly, was super warm and helpful in my interview and was not intimidated that I was plugged into other non-​AppleOne agencies. I was looking for a job, yo! She didn’t seem phased and just was determined to get me a job. She called me about various positions and I finally got an interview in the first couple of weeks being in their system, and she really advocated for me. I am soo happy at my job now and blown away by how great the company is. Molly has continued to be helpful should I have questions, but everything has gone really smoothly.
Here’s my advice: Sign up with AppleOne in Westwood. I think they get way more traffic than Culver and thus have more opportunities to present/​submit your resume to.
Sorry about the novel, but just wanna be real!

Bob Thompson is one of the GREATEST recruiters i have ever met. He is always on top of his Job. When ever I had a hiccup or a job ended i could always rely on reaching out to Bob and he is there to let me know Apple One was there and ready when I am. He has found me countless jobs and I really enjoy conversing with him, he makes me feel very comfortable and he has never had a problem teaching me new things to do to better my chances of finding a new job. I appreciate you Bob Thompson! You and the whole Culver City Team are amazing! Keep KEEPING us employed!

Absolutely worth getting to know. During my first appointment in their Culver City office, Mackenzie Graff (who is just such a nice guy) helped me polish my resume to a much improved version, and made me realize the marketable skills and experience that I possessed. During my job hunt, I was actively looking on my own as well as keeping my fingers crossed for AppleOne to come through. Let’s face it, it takes time to find a job, and you need all possible resources– especially when you work in the arts.
I had gotten a new job on my own, and honestly completely forgotten that I was still in the AppleOne system– but thank god I was! Five or so months later, I got a phone call from Mackenzie exactly as I was beginning to realize that the company I was working at was in trouble, and I was going to need to act fast. Mackenzie was super accommodating, and made sure that I was able to interview as quickly as possible.
They really hold your hand through the whole interview and follow-​up process. I wish that I would have found them earlier in life– they really help you develop job-​seeking skills. I start my new job tomorrow, and just got a really nice congratulatory phone call. Thanks AppleOne!

Bob Thompson, our AppleOne rep., totally ROCKS!
We have made multiple hires from his candidates. In fact, the decisions was difficult because it was hard to choose. All the candidate were just that good!
You Go Bob!
Ken Saroyan Lumber Company

I had the worst experience. I only went in because I applied for a specific job and no one told me until I got in there that it was an agency and I wasn’t applying for a specific position. Thanks for the heads up. They post all these awesome positions online and I bet none of them are real.
I felt like it was a job just trying to get them to talk to me. I spent all this time doing things to get «put in the system» and then never hear from then. I constantly call and email and don’t receive very many responses and then when I confront them about it, I stop getting any communication at all. Maybe I just had a bad agent, but I needed to be kept informed. I didn’t expect a job overnight but I expected to have prospects. It was more of a headache to deal with them then it was to just do it all by myself.

Free employment services. Resume advice. Job leads. Interview tips. No cost to the jobseeker. Sounds like a dream come true, right? Unfortunately this is a dream too good to be true.
When I first was contacted, I thought everything was fantastic. I was quickly whisked into a meeting with my recruiter and he got me an interview less than two weeks later. He called me the morning of to wish me luck. He called me after the interview to discuss how it went. I didn’t get the job, but I felt good about it.
That all went to hell when he quit a few days later.
I was transferred over to another recruiter (we shall call him M) who quickly emailed me to welcome me in… and then dropped off the face of the planet. I couldn’t get him to return my calls. My emails went unread. He completely ignored me and as I later found out actually switched my profile to inactive, presumably so he wouldn’t have to deal with me.
Some months later another person (we shall call him R) from the same office contacted me after seeing my resume somewhere. He gave me the whole spiel about how he liked my experience and wanted to work with me. I then explained what happened with M and told him I thought it was extremely unprofessional. He apologized and said he’d work with me.
… and then he promptly dropped off the face of the planet and stopped returning my emails.
This same time I was working with their sister office in another area (the ones who informed me that Culver City had switched me to inactive). I went in for the meeting with the recruiter (we shall call him S), sent him everything he asked for when I got home…
… and then he promptly dropped off the face of the planet and stopped returning my emails.
«Maybe it’s not them. Maybe you need to improve.» Maybe. But when I finally said to hell with these guys two weeks ago and sent out my resumes myself, I got called into two interviews two days later and was offered the jobs ON THE SPOT. I start at one on Monday. It’s not me, honey, it’s your terrible customer service screwing people out of jobs and companies out of employees.
I don’t know why my first recruiter quit, but something tells me that he got tired of being the only honest and professional outcast in a sea of liars. I wanted to give them one star for their seemingly company-​wide atmosphere of BS, scams, hypocrisy, and lies, but I gave them an extra ½ star because my first recruiter actually got stuff done and another ½ star because S was an extremely good-​looking Persian guy, if a bad recruiter.
Don’t waste your time.

AppleOne has helped me get my foot in the door when I returned to the states. I worked with recruiter Bob Thompson and he did a fantastic job of helping me get a job. His character and professionalism is top notch. Of course he can’t guarantee anything, but he will absolutely give you the opportunity to land a job if there is one. You must come confident and hopeful and prepared. It might take some time, but it’s better to have your resume and information in their database than not to during your job search. Best of luck to everyone out there and if you’re working with Bob, you’re in good hands.