I have exposure to this search firm and worked with them successfully only time in a decade. Though the people there are very nice, they absolutely are not responsive and have a tendency to only call when they have you in mind specifically for a job that is especially difficult to fill and open for awhile. Instead of allowing candidates to consider multiple opportunities and discuss with the recruiter what would be a good fit for them and their goals, they have a tendency to act as though they are "using you" similar to a bad relationship. My last exposure to this company was with Teresa and it was positive at first, and the company I interviewed with actually wanted to hire me, but I knew it wasn't a fit. So then when I kept looking and reaching out, and Teresa ignored my emails because clearly I didn't take the job she needed to fill. That was unprofessional. P.S. I really dislike seeing companies try to give themselves a series of 5-star reviews, which the Yelp algorithm picks up as fake (because they are), and sieves them out to the "Not recommended reviews" tab at the bottom of the Yelp page. read more

A few months ago, I decided to begin my job hunt. I applied to a lot of jobs on indeed.com and Peter O'Connor, the president of Kennison reached out to me to discuss my search, etc. I thought our meeting was successful and we had discussed some positions that would be a good fit for me. A week later, he asked me to become available for an interview at a financial firm. Interview went well, but they went with someone else from within the company which was fine. It seemed like a good fit but even I didn't feel that it would work. Peter reached out to me to let me know the outcome, which was most appreciated. A week or so later I sent him an email expressing that I was ready for more opportunities (I had resigned from my job at the time and let him know that I was 100% free and ready to interview). I did not get any responses back at all to that email. I had also called twice to just to check in and I also didn't get any calls back either. And so my three star review is based on the rapport and good meeting I had with Peter. I was impressed and hopeful that he'd help me land a job. He also helped a good friend land a job quite fast which was nice of him and so I thought hmm maybe it would work for me too (both of us came from the same company with similar credentials). However, a response back to my email would have been appreciated. A call back, even. Too busy? Forward my email to another recruiter to get in touch with me. No opportunities? At least let me know by way of common courtesy. read more

Although I applied to this agency a few years back, I still think about my bad experience and feel disappointed in myself for not speaking up about what happened. I chalked it up to me possibly misunderstanding so I should remain positive. However, that really was not the case. First off, I applied through their website one summer. someone reached out to me not long after, so I set up an interview. I have never been to this area of Boston before, so I planned to arrive there early. Mostly done so I could get a feel for where everything was, avoid missing my interview time etc. I got lost, and so I resorted to calling the agency. Someone was helpful enough to answer, guiding me where I needed to go. I was able to get to the agency an hour earlier than my interview time which made me proud of myself. Unfortunately, that feeling didn't last long. As I was buzzed up to the floor of the agency it felt as if I wasn't suppose to be there.As I checked in, one secretary made weird passive aggressive comments about me arriving an "HOUR EARLY"(her dramatic tone). Which I thought it was strange, why wouldn't someone arrive early to a job interview? That's supposed to be the norm in any profession from my previous experience. I didn't respond to her, or explain myself. I've never had bizarre a like that reaction from a 'professional' before. Soon after I was given intake forms to fill out by another secretary. I had fairly enough time to do that while I waited for my interview to start. I wasn't in a rush, I didn't talk to anyone other than to hand over my paperwork to the secretary who originally gave me the forms. The recruiter seemed pretty rude at first as well. She also made a few passive aggressive comments about me coming in an "HOUR EARLY". I pretended I didn't hear her, and answered her other questions. At the time I was looking for a summer job to save up before I returned to college in the fall that year. As well as answering whether or not if I should be placed inside or outside Boston. After another unnecessary comment about me coming in an "HOUR EARLY", I dropped a hint that I lived far away from the agency as a reason(which I really didn't need to do) and it seemed the recruiter wasn't listening still. I felt like I wasn't taken seriously, which is especially solidified in what came months later. I was told I would be called that following week for employment. But nope, September approached when I was finally called. I contacted them at first two weeks after the interview, then two more weeks ect but had no response. At one point someone admitted that the recruiter went on vacation(??) and she'd get back to me when she could. That was when I just gave up on them and sought out employment elsewhere. In September when they finally contacted me, I ignored them, as they continued doing the opposite of everything that was talked to me about. I already mentioned to them that with my full-time schedule of school, it wouldn't be possible for me to do tempt work. They knew that fact since early that summer, which is why I applied in the summer. I'm not sure if everyone's issue at this place was that I'm a black woman, since the office was only filled with white women? or everyone was having a bad day. Or I interrupted something? The office was empty when I came in, I didn't demand or request anything. I understand that I everyone won't be accepted everywhere for employment, but this agency did their best to ignore, insult and treat me as if I didn't matter. Or acting as if I should have been happy they met with me in the first place. Based on the recent reviews here, I see the place hasn't improved. I really don't recommend applying here if you value yourself and your time. read more

I had a great experience working with Megan Cuddy at Kennison! Megan just helped me land a new job that I am very excited about. She was always great about keeping me updated throughout the hiring process. I also appreciated her transparency - I never felt like I was in the dark. I highly recommend working with Megan to find your next job! read more

I met with Megan Cuddy on Wed before memorial weekend. She sent my resume to two employers. Even before I got home, she called to tell me that both employers wanted to meet me and was i available for an interview the next day. She sent me the information on the job descriptions and I did a marathon preparation. The next day I went for interview #1 at 10am and I knew immediately I wanted to work there. I connected so well with the hiring manager that I felt like I had always known him. Even before 2nd interview, Megan called me to tell me that #1 is very interested to proceed to 2nd interview. In the meantime I had been interviewing with another employer and and right after these interviews I got a job offer. I however wanted to go to 2nd interview with job #1 so I told Megan about the offer. I went to 2nd interview the following Tuesday and again I connected amazingly well with the two people I met with. As I expected, I got a 2nd job offer from them on the same day and now I had a major decision to make. Megan helped me get my dream job. She negotiated the salary and although I felt slightly pressured to make a decision, I'm eternally grateful she steered me in the right direction. Basically Megan helped me get my dream job in less than a week. I had met with a couple other staffing companies but they didn't really have anything to offer me. read more

Don't waste your time! This organization needs to get their act together. I was given a call by Sue, a recruiter at Kennison & Associates and we had a pleasant conversation. I interviewed with a client of theirs and they decided to move forward with a second interview onsite in Cambridge. However, when I showed up at the interview, it turned out that they already hired someone to fill the role. The CEO of the client company showed up and met with me to apologize. He mentioned that Peter from Kennison & Associates should've reached out to me to let me know not to go into the interview. I did NOT receive a call, text, or email from anyone at Kennison & Associates that the interview was canceled. Kennison & Associates is extremely unprofessional and completely wasted my time and the CEO's time. read more

This was my first time to use a staffing agency, and honestly I don't think I could have found this good of a job with out them. Denise was fantastic! I was called into an interview with her in mid June, and then within three weeks I had a permanent job. Also, in between that time I was working with their temp agency as well. read more

It has been a two months now at my new position with a large law firm in Boston, and it is all thanks to the dedication and support of Amanda Hayes at Kennison. Kennison and Amanda were the most supportive and personalized temp agency I have worked with yet (I have worked with three in total). As my representative, I felt like Amanda got to know me. She was not just someone throwing my name at any possible application coming by, she was my advocate. At my interview, which felt like a real interview, she was thorough, frank, and supportive. She went through each part of my resume, she asked for pay rates, and explanations for gaps of time, and then suggesting edits. This was not to pull it apart, but to build it to make it stronger. I was brought in based on my application for a specific position, but after she reviewed my resume she asked about the types of jobs and the fields I was interested in or would consider. But this changed based on the jobs available at Amanda's recommendation. She had fitting positions for me that would give me similar skills and experience. She respected my boundaries but also was willing to recommend wonderful companies and good opportunities for stability and experience. I was most impressed with Amanda and Kennison as they sent me to interviews. She was a support through the whole process, despite my own previous experience interviewing. She gave me guidelines about my dress and how to be best prepared. She had me go over the website and linkd'in profiles of the people I was interviewing with, and reminded me to be ten minutes early. She also reminded me to be sure and receive a business card from the person I interviewed with to be able to send thank you emails afterward. I knew all this, but her thoroughness made me feel like I was the best prepared I could be, which gave me even more confidence. This was also impressive because the other temp agencies did only a couple of these things sporadically through the interviewing process. After the interview Amanda also requested that I call and debrief with her. Usually the other temp representatives would just call me or email me the next day. I found her request to be supportive as well, she wanted to hear from me as to how it went; she was right along side me each step of the way. The debrief session was to hear my impressions and work through any glitches for a next interview or interviewing in general. Amanda would call me back with in two days or so to give me direct feedback from the company. This is not normal, usually in the job world it's silence or its non-specific notes. There was a second interview and some no's through my interviewing and job hunting with Kennison but finally I interviewed with the place I work presently. I am now done with my second full month in this full time position it is a great company with good people. I had another job opportunity at the same time as my present position. I had not even had an interview for the other place yet, and it was Amanda's recommendation to go with the opportunity I already had, they would pass me over if I didn't accept within 24 hours. It was obvious she wanted me to take the position through them, because it was part of her job, but she didn't pressure me. She said to take the 24 hours and think it through, talk with my friends and family and see what they thought too. I didn't feel rushed to make a decision. Right through till the last signed employment form, Amanda was on the phone, texting and running around for me. I highly recommend Kennison. My experience was with Amanda, solely, but Kennison had the good sense to hire her and she even at one point recommend a position at Kennison for me. If you are having trouble looking for work. give them a try. It isn't risky and you can always turn down a position. But at least you won't feel alone in the process and you'll have someone who has a stake in your success and will advocate for you. read more

Megan was amazing! She helped me find my dream job! She was supportive and attentive and always kept me up to date on the process. I am so grateful to have go into contact with her ! read more

I was referred to Kennison & Associates, Inc. by someone who had successfully found employment through them. My expectations were high considering how positive my referral spoke about working with Kennison. Kennison & Associates, Inc. managed to only get me on one interview with a shady company in the four months I was their client. The few times Kennison offered me temp work, it was menial and far below my salary expectations. I am disappointment at Kennison's failure to find a college educated individual with three years of relevant professional administration experience supporting executives at one of the largest and most recognizable American companies full-time employment. Luckily, I kept an independent job search going yielding multiple interviews and received a great full-time opportunity with benefits. read more

First of all I want to start by saying how wonderful it was to work with Kennison Staffing Associates! I had a truly perfect experience with them, every step of the way. Mr.O'Connor mentored me through the entire job searching process. From reviewing my resume to helping me come up with a solid job description of what I was looking for. After getting a better understanding of what kind of job I was looking for (I honestly went in not really knowing what I wanted for a job), then Mr. O'Connor helped me through the rest. He set me up with some of the most wonderful interviews with very good companies that I would have never been able to connect with by myself. I was nervous about the interviews but after speaking with Mr. O'Connor I always felt so much more confident in my abilities afterwards! There is just so much that they offer, and I can't even begin to explain what a wonderful company this is to work with. I had a chance to interact with Peter O'Connor and Sue Morash, and both were very respectful, kind, and very helpful people. The receptionist was also very friendly as well! Mr. O'Connor would call and tell me about a few jobs that seemed to look like a good fit for me, and if I approved, he would connect me with an interview with someone at those companies. Then, he would kindly call a day or so before and have a helpful preparation conversation with some important things to know about the person/company, how to answer sometimes difficult questions, and would tell me if the questions I prepared to ask were on the right track as well. After the interview, he would check in again and we would discuss the interview and my own feelings/thoughts on the organization. Then as soon as he heard anything from the company, he would let me know right away, and that was something that stood out to me, that he was so great with communicating and keeping me updated with any news or new jobs that might also be a good fit for me. It only took me going through a few interviews to be placed with the exact job I didn't even know I was looking for. After a few fits that weren't exactly what I wanted but very close, then I knew when I found the job for me, and made sure I told Mr. O'Conner that I was particularly interested in this one, and he did everything he could to help me towards getting that dream job! I am absolutely thrilled with where I ended up, and I am extremely sure that I wouldn't have hard that chance without the Kennison team! I highly recommend anyone to come to Kennison Staffing Associates, and I think that you will be very glad you did! read more

I just recently graduated college August 2014 and was looking for other employment opportunities pertaining to my degree. Cecily B. contacted me about a few job openings in Boston, which I was extremely excited about. I was ready for change since I had been with my previous employer for about eight years and I was looking for a more challenging job role. Cecily B. was so helpful and went the extra mile as far as prepping me for several interviews, touching up my resume, and most importantly making me feel comfortable and confident with the skills I had to offer from my working experience to my education. Before and after each interview Cecily B. would contact me which released all my nervousness and gave me even more confidence to have a successful interview. She was very attentive and easy to reach. Celcily was very persistent anytime she heard back from the client she didn't hesitate to contact me to let me know what the status was. I am currently with my new employer which I've been working for about three months. I am overly enthused to be employed with such a great Trust Company and gaining knowledge in areas in finance that are most important to every day events. Kennison & Associates show so much dedication. I would definitely recommend this staffing agency to any applicant looking for a great way to start there career whether they have the job experience or not. They will help you find the right job role that fits your skills and assist you every step of the way. Thank you so much for all your assistance Kennison & Associates! read more

Megan Cuddy got in touch with me after she found my resume or I applied to one of the job openings they had (I can't remember exactly). I have to be honest, I was not super confident as I haven't had the best experience with recruiting firms. However, Megan was different. She understood what I wanted, she kept my expectations realistic (so important to me, don't tell me I can get an $80k with a year of experience!) and was always extremely thorough and responsive. She helped me tailor my resume to the job that I was applying for and coach me for the interview in a short and simple way. We didn't spend hours on the phone talking about what to say -- she trusted me with that. I think I am unique in the fact that I was able to land a job through Megan in just a week. That doesn't change the positive experience I had however. Megan is really good at her job and I've been happily employed for 6 months now for a higher salary than I ever imagined and a company that I truly love. I am truly lucky to have found Kennison and Megan. read more

I was interested in a job post they listed on a online job board, I believe it was Monster or Beyond. Never been through a recruitment agency before so I kept an open-mind. First interview with the recruiter was pleasant. She was interested in my experience and past but I can tell my interview was just another meeting to her. I also met with her colleague who apparently is close to the client. They were nice and I had an overall ok experience. The poor review is what happened after. Again, never used a recruiter before so when they were giving me pointers and tips on what to take off/put on my resume, honestly I was a little annoyed because it was A LOT of back and forth (my resume was not bad, I got interviews from a few corporate companies within 2 weeks of applying) but at the EOD I guess it was for the better. I got a phone interview with the client which went well. After the phone interview, my recruiter Alyssa only contacted me ONCE to see how the phone interview went. After that, I never heard from her again! Not sure how this(recruiting) works but maybe she was notified that they didn't want to follow thru with me so she dropped me? Thankfully I asked the HR from the client company for their contact so I was basically following up with them myself and found out I didn't land the job. I was not upset in any way (had an intuition it wasn't for me even tho $$ looked good) but I was upset at how Kennison followed through with an applicant like myself. I have pretty good experience (for being a 2015 college grad) and I'm sure I could have been a great candidate for the right employer but Alyssa didn't even offer other opportunities( there wasn't many perm jobs in my field but I would of opt for temp admin/receptionist duties for the time being). Seems like she didn't care about my job search and apparently only cared if the client was interested in me or not. ...and that is why you should always have your own back and independently apply/job search yourself in the mean time! Fortunately I did, and landed a higher position than expected!! read more

Kenison was great. Megan was so on top of everything and I landed a job within the first week of meeting face to face. Couldn't be happier with them! read more

I had a great experience with Megan Cuddy and Kennison & Associates. Megan made me feel like a priority and was there every step of the placement process with patience and guidance. She helped me land my current role, which I am very happy with. I definitely recommend this agency. read more

Kennison & Associates are the epitome of professionalism. After an initial interview with Peter O'Connor I was very impressed. The first conversation we had was a face to face interview where we spoke for about 30 minutes. During this conversation Peter's genuine interest in helping me was immediately apparent. The meeting was comfortable and at the end I felt as though Peter had my best interest at heart. This was my first time using a staffing agency and I wish I had know about Kennison in the past. Please ignore any negative reviews. If there are individuals who are unhappy with their experience I'd be willing to bet whatever circumstances led to the negative outlook were not in the control of Peter and staff. Both Jane and Peter were prompt with emails, phone calls and follow ups. I really can't say enough great things about this firm. However, the only thing that really matters is can they get you a position? And for qualified applicants the answer is YES, because I was offered a great position through Kennison. read more

Funny though that Beacon Hill staffing got her a position with great pay and benefits in less than 1 week. President never even emailed back... It would have been one thing if he set the right expectations but he set the bar high with zero follow through. She was a good commission to whatever agency placed her. Thanks for response but I don't think there's another explanation but to tighten up there and set proper expectations. read more

I had a great experience working with Megan Cuddy and Kennison. There was about a two and a half week process between meeting Megan face to face and accepting a new position. She understood what I was looking for and was able to help me find it. I was happy that everything moved so quickly and grateful for the advice and help navigating the job search. read more

I contacted Jane at Kennison & Associates by email on 4 May 2015 after being recommended to Jane. I got an email back saying that she could not help as she felt that I needed to work with an agency that specialized in HR roles. It was nice that she responded as most agents don't. However there were HR roles posted on their website so was surprised I was being told to go elsewhere despite her admitting my "impressive resume". I wrote back thanking her for the email, but enquiring about the HR manager and Training and development roles posted on their website. I got a defensive email back. I can't recommended this company or agent. Rude and unprofessional. Clearly just not bothered and misrepresented about not having relevant roles when there were HR roles posted on the website. No need for the defensive response back when I enquired. She did however recommend contacting another agency. I will not be using them ever to source candidates when I am in role as I have first hand experience of how they treat potential candidates. read more

Kennison & Associates was by far the best recruiting agency that i have associated with. I tend to have low hopes when trying to land a job through a recruiting agency but i would like to point out that through Kennison you are in good hands! Let me start by thanking Megan Cuddy and Amanda Hayes who tremendously helped me out throughout the process. The process took about 3 weeks. I went in for an interview with Megan and essentially met Amanda who had a key contact at one of the companies who had posted a job with Kennison. My process was then continued by Megan who stayed on on top every step of the way. Anytime i emailed or called Megan she responded immediately and provided any information i was looking for. There was great conversations back and forth and thankfully with their help i landed the job. Kennison & Associates truly understand their clients and take their job very seriously. I recommend Kennison & Associates especially Megan and Amanda to anyone who wants to find a job through an Agency and wants to be in good hands. read more