I was scheduled for a video conference with a representative at 8am. The video call was not opened…read moreto join identifying "waiting for employer to begin meeting" . The delay was over 30 minutes with no contact from anyone at the S. Pasadena office to relay any information regarding the issue. I called, and was only able to 1. Text, or 2. Leave a vm. After texting, I still had to call and leave a vm before finally receiving a text from the original interviewing agent stating "im in the all now (40 minutes after the scheduled appointment) if you can join. In attempting to join, the link i had received for the appointment no longer allowed me to join at which point I asked for a new link. Crickets for a response, then I asked for status and was told "sorry, I cant help with any issues on your end" asked for a phone call, again, crickets. Im leaving an extensive review to make sure that this agency is aware of how unprofessional Sade Marie is conducting business as a face of their organization. Please accept my request for a review of this conduct and address the issue as necessary. Its absurd to think an agency trying to make a name for themselves in the industry to accept this type of character to represent them.

I don't appreciate the customer service I had received from Ms. Sade she had scheduled an interview…read morewith me as of yesterday confirmed for 11 am-11:30, She failed to email me or contact me the entire day. We rescheduled to 10 am and she failed to call me till 1040a- no excuse no reason as to why she had me waiting. Then tells me that the job she originally called me for closed! Very Unprofessional! I worked at 2 prior offices and did not get treated this way-

Samantha was very professional, self explanatory and helpful. I was guided every step of the way…read more Best decision I've ever made. Thank you

I was looking for a job in preparation to move from NorCal to LA. I applied to Ultimate Staffing…read moreand they were so helpful and easy to talk to. They sent my resume to companies that suit my work experience. Serena took really good care of me and when she went on leave, May looked after me. I really appreciated that if I had any questions, I felt welcomed to reach out to them. Serena and May were both very informative about the companies they sent my resume to. And when the interviews came, they let me know what each company was looking for in a worker and what each company offerer. So that I could better choose what company was more fitting for me. I worked as a temp for 3 months, for the company I landed an interview with through Ultimate. After 3 months I was offered an in-house position. I am the most grateful to Serena and May. They made my transition from NorCal to LA very smooth. I have nothing but good things to say. And I wish every temp agency/contractor agency would operate this way. Just be honest about what you want and who you are. Ultimate will help you find potential opportunities. You just have to decide if an employer and the work is a fit for you. Thank you Serena and May!

If you call someone to offer them a salary well below market and take up their time have the…read moredecency to follow through on your commitments. Having a gruff and arrogant colleague of yours act like you are doing me a favor by submitting the resume that you asked for is ridiculous. Then you do not follow through on your commitments or respond to them? Terrible recruiting.

Such a great company filled with awesome people! I worked with them a little while back, and I was…read moreso impressed! Very professional, yet not stuffy. If you're a company looking to work with them or a person looking to be placed like I was, you can't go wrong with JBA!

My husband and I are over the moon with our nanny! Ivy Lane has been such a life saver during what…read moreseemed like such a daunting and arduous nanny search. We've used other agencies in the past and were pretty underwhelmed until we connected with Mari. We decided to stick with Ivy Lane for many reasons, they took the time to really listen to our needs and requirements, they were kind and professional throughout, and the caliber of nannies that we interviewed. The founder has been very communicative, professional, detailed, and would check in throughout the entire process- even when we would forget to share our updates (mommy brain!). Most importantly our daughter loves our nanny so so much and that really should speak wonders. We are so grateful and couldn't be happier! I've referred Ivy Lane to all the my mommy friends and a few of them have already started working with Mari!

Not Nanny friendly, horrible communication.. they leave you in the dark when they don't need you…read moreanymore. No updates, very unprofessional

When I was retained by Robert Half, Inc. to serve as a LEAD for a remote work project assignment,…read moremy onboarding and ongoing administrative support services experience was efficient and positive. In particular, MeMe S. provided timely and effective support in assisting with connecting online to facilitate and complete the initial online interview process; and subsequently after the project began she was very effective in communicating Scheduling, Team Assignment and other relevant administrative information and updates (i.e., Team Staffing and Time Reporting). Overall, it was a very pleasant, productive, memorable and impactful work assignment and experience.

Great remote job placement. Great communication for upcoming jobs. Kept me in the loop for changes…read more I felt like Robert Half was working only for me. If you have the skills and work experience, Robert Half will place you with great companies.

BEWARE!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you end up using Michelle, it will ruin all other agencies for you…read more I am a professional career nanny. I have over seven years of nannying experience, five years of teaching experience, and more. I have a B/S in childhood development as well as my MAT. When I began my search for a nanny-family in LA, I did my due diligence by shopping around looking at multiple agencies. I found that Michelle had the TOP RATED AGENCY ON MULTIPLE SITES and wanted to take a closer look. I read through every. single. review. I thought to myself, "Really? Every single person had a positive experience with this agency? That's just not statistically possible if she's really working with this many people..." I decided to set up a meeting. I drove to her office where we met to discuss particulars (what I'm looking for, what families are in the market for a nanny right now, what ages/salary/commute/hours I'm looking for) and the moment she opened the door and greeted me with a giant smile and her upbeat, positive attitude, I felt like just working with HER was my perfect placement! Once we started the process, Michelle was completely professional while also refreshingly honest and realistic in her suggestions. She really took the time to get to know me and what I was looking for and she only suggested me to families that she knew had the potential to be a "love match!" After looking at a few potential matches, Michelle called me to tell me that she had "found my family!" She said, "This is the one. Please go for an interview and see for yourself." So I did. This is the part of the review where I'm going to get annoyingly emotional. Not only did the family and I immediately "click," but Michelle had made sure that all of our stats were in alignment. The age range, schedule, amount of hours, commuting time, pay rate, expectations and needs happened to all align with what I was looking for. It was LITERALLY the PERFECT PLACEMENT!!!! Coincidence? I think not. Michelle is highly intelligent, professional, personable, understanding, diligent, experienced, communicative, and pleasantly charismatic and I owe my job satisfaction directly to her. Now that I think about it, maybe I should send over a bottle of wine. Thank you, Michelle, for just being so incredibly good at what you do. As I mentioned earlier, when I started this process, I read through every one of your (5 star) reviews and thought, "There's just no way every single review can be five stars..." and now here I am adding one more.

I met Michelle at a time when I was at a low point in my nanny career and personal life. I had…read morebeen looking for top nanny position and had been on many interviews through other agencies. It seemed like I had landed a few dream jobs only for it to slip away from me. Really trying times. Then I met Michelle! This brings a smile to my face. Meeting with her felt like chatting with a friend. I realized after that this is her skill. She loves people and wants to represent both the families and the nannies. It was a slow period and she didn't have any job opportunities at the time when I signed up with her agency, the perfect placement. After being on the hunt for my top nanny job with a kind family for many months and it wasn't happening I was getting ready to move out of state. I mentioned to Michelle that I'm no longer looking for a position as it doesn't seem like it's going to happen. Michelle didn't give up on me. She called me with 2 opportunities. I went on both interviews and was called back to do a trial for the one that I wanted !! Yay !! Then Michelle negotiated some time off that I needed to take care of a health issue. The family was so wonderful they waited for me ! All I can say everything lined up perfectly. Michelle will always return your call in a timely manner and she always checks in to see how you're doing. I thank God I met Michelle !

ISeems like they've been closed for a year or more. Their Facebook is active, so maybe they closed…read morefor COVID for a while? In any case, this is a vital service and a city the size of Pasadena should really have a couple offices like this. I've used the Job Center a dozen times or so for various construction-related projects over approximately the past 6 years. Some observations: Good stuff: * Have never gotten a person who didn't work their butt off for a full day. I'm not a back-breaker, these guys (for my types of jobs they always assign men) are serious and most (not all) have had some level of experience with construction and residential labor. I've met some who were remarkably overqualified. * The office managers seem mostly fair and knowledgeable. They're like a taxi dispatcher, so I imagine there's some degree of just giving the job to the next person in line, but I think they do try to match your project with a person who has a compatible skill set. * Rates seem reasonable. More below. * They do not tether the people who participate. In other words, if you meet someone you love working with, and they you, you can exchange contacts and work directly together. * 100% of the pay to the employee stays with the employee. The Center does not take a dime as far as I can tell. Other observations: * If you don't show up early some days you might have slim pickings. I've done a couple projects where I told the manager that it's some hard digging and lifting rocks, etc... and they assign a dude who has to be at least 60. I can't complain because see my comment above. But I do worry a bit and a couple times have taken it easy on the guys. But not because they were slow or complained. Overall age at the Center does seem to trend higher than the pool of labor you'll find waiting near Throop Lumber, for example. * I also suspect that, if your job isn't what some of the guys are looking for, they'll pass, and the low fellow on the pole gets stuck with the shovel. Some of this conversation is done out loud as the dispatcher talks in Spanish to the guys in the waiting area. I don't know what politics are involved, but do sense that there are some at play. * Almost everyone is primarily Spanish speaking that I've worked with. In the days of Google Translate, that's not a problem. And over half of the people I've worked with speak some English, several with complete fluency. * This next one isn't my observation, but was told to me by a person I've employed a couple times in the past for similar work. That person is an African American man and he was put off by the Center because the times he tried to wait there for work it felt to him like he was being passed over. Guys who were waiting for less time got good jobs ahead of him. I can't verify that, but apparently thought it was worth sharing. * Over the years I've used the Center, the wages seemed consistent until they didn't. I think it was around '18 when I noticed the quotes becoming odd and going a bit haywire... This was noticeable in part because I think prior to that their rates were generally too low. Like I seem to recall baseline being around $12 an hour for quite a while. I could be misremembering, but it was low, too low. And I rounded up to $15 or $20 depending on the work. But then it seemed like for a spell every time I went in they raised the rate by a couple bucks. It wasn't the hourly that was off-putting so much as the inconsistency and lack of communication as to why the rate had changed in the last seven days (again.) At one point I got kind of frustrated and began to hire the lumberyard guys. But hopefully they are at a stable rate again and communicate it better to clients -- that's the other thing, it was for a while like they were testing the waters and it just felt shady. Maybe it was just the one manager, but I felt like they were targeting the gullible guy (me.) Conclusion: The Job Center is a vital part of the community and deserves our support. From the POV of the client it could be better in several ways: Clearer communication of services and rates, more consistent and professional dispatchers, higher wages overall for workers, better advertising in the community, better followup on experiences with the possible goal of long-term employment for workers who might want it, more locations, more inclusive management of labor pool. If you're reading this, you're almost certainly a prospective client, not a worker, so you're wondering if you should trust this service. The answer from my experience is an unqualified, Yes. But also in my experience, from the stories I've heard from workers from the Center, it's the labor who is much more likely to get ripped off by the employers. The Job Center gives some structure and protection and comfort to people who have almost no one looking out for their interests. So keep that in mind as you're getting your projects done and be fair and pay well.

Service was provided, good quality care, and value may help me with job placement ( for more…read moresuccess)