Opti Staffing Group

Seems the experiences are similar across the board: Extremely polite and energetic staff, then oddly long interview/​paperwork process, then nothing.
I was contacted by one of the staff members (whose name now escapes me), who claimed to have found my resume on Monster, yet he «couldn’t find it» while on the phone with him. I smelled info culling, so expressed that I’d prefer to bring it in with me to the interview. This was after his nearly daily hounding me to contact them after I’d already left a message stating that I wasn’t available due to being on another assignment.
He set the meeting for the late afternoon, and I expressed concern with this as I would be driving in from Beaverton during rush-​hour. He refused to change the time, without expressing why.
I went in anyway, and was astonished at the years-​long paperwork and interview process (this was without any tests. Other agencies I’ve worked with successfully complete the needed process in half the time!), and while I arrived in suit and tie, every. Other. Potential Client. arrived looking like they were living on the streets.
The interview was long but little was discussed RE my experience etc. he seemed more interested with the assignment I was currently on, who I was working for, etc.
He repeatedly assured me that he had two potential positions, and that I’d hear about an interview at one or the other within a day or so.
That was nearly 6 months ago.
I’ve gone on to other successful options, and have never looked back.

I used their service, too. Very promising sales pitch with an hour worth of paperwork and registration. Then I had a great interview and the interviewer said lots of companies would be interested. Well, I haven’t heard a thing from them since. I think a lot of these temp agencies are a scam and get everyone they can to come in just to keep the companies that use their service satisfied with their quota, while having little intention of finding you a job quickly. Unless, of course you’re willing to work for less than half you once made before while being grossly overqualified for the position. I will give it to them that their employees are polite and positive. But, if my job did not have to show much in the way of results, and I didn’t have a set of ethics, I’d be cheery all the time, too.

Once upon a time (May 1, 2009 to be exact), I was wiping down the bar at my second job, when I decided I was tired of working at Broadway Toyota. So I gave my resignation speech about an hour later.
I thought for some reason that the amount of job openings would be increasing. Not sure why, but that was just the train of thought in Chuck’s World that day. And I was sick and tired of working EVERY weekend for a damn-​near min. wage job.
Needless to say, I’ve been without full time work since May 1, 2009. And I’ve been furiously sending my job Resume out online many times a week.
Opti Staffing caught a hold of my Resume a few months ago via Craigslist. They tried very well to get me a job with a trucking company, unfortunately a bad reference from an old, worthless, piece-​of-​dog-​shit boss prevented that.
My Resume was passed on to the Lake Oswego location. Long story short, they found me a job, but failed to mention I needed certain equipment to do the job. Upon showing up the that job site, I was turned away for not having proper safety equipment.
Today, I had an interview for what was to be a warehouse/​delivery position for an excersize machine distrubtor. What got left out this time:
A) It was a warehouse/​delivery position that also required setting up the equipment itself
B) It required heavy lifting. Lifting things that weigh 100 lbs. more than I do.
These guys are a let-​down like the 2008 Chicago Cubs: have a great start to the process, then manage to blow it right before you can get your hands on the prize. The last two experiences have been really frustrating to say the least. Is it a code of conduct for these job recruiters to leave out certain duties and aspects of the job? Sure seems like it. At least at Opti Staffing.