They pride themselves on being an "employment placement and recruitment firm", but don't fall…read morevictim to their advertisement deception. They are a TEMP AGENCY, and will blow hot smoke up your rear while offering you "temporary to hire" positions that are merely seasonal telemarketing gigs at one of the most disorganized and unprofessional call centers I've ever worked at. Like many misleading employers, they circumvent basic employee benefits (overtime, medical, sick pay and all the other things the American labor movement merely spilt their blood over a half century ago) by hiring people as "independent contractors' (1099 tax status). This would not be a problem if we were actually self employed, but we're obviously not. What really makes this a reprehensible hiring practice is that PEOPLE ARE TOLD THESE ARE TEMPORARY POSITIONS JUST TO START, and that THEY LEAD TO PERMANENT EMPLOYMENT. Then you are filled with all this rhetoric about how GREAT of an opportunity this is and how this is the start to a career path in an administrative setting. This couldn't be further from the truth, and does irreparable damage to those without formal education who thought that they have, through employment with this TEMP AGENCY, finally found a career that isn't in the service industry. Many of my coworkers during my time at this agency truly believed that the telemarketing position they were hired for was permanent and thus ignored other legitimate career opportunities to stay with this job, believing that doing so would be their way out of low paying service industry employment. In addition, a lot of these people would commute nearly 2 hours on public transportation to make their way to the Call Center under the pretense that enduring these really strenuous circumstances would lead to something else. It wont. Legitimate corporate employers really dont care much temp. sales positions on a CV or resume, so basically in that regards its worthless. I just can't get over how many people were lied to on a daily basis at this Call Center and at this TEMP AGENCY with promises of starting their office careers when in reality they were just seasonal telemarketing employees. If you're looking for a job and thought you finally found a nice office job doing data entry, keep looking. Please, and don't waste your time. Keep searching for a permanent position that gives you a W-9 tax form to file and don't swallow their garbage.

I had registered with the Carney Group years ago and I'm sad to say they aren't what they used to…read morebe. I suppose this is related to the generally declining job market. OK - I can accept that. I went expecting an interview but discovered it was essentially a cattle call. There were about 10 others in a conference room to complete paperwork. Most of them were women that were very casually dressed. Interestingly, the one gentleman (friendly, older in a suit) was almost immediately pulled out of the room and pushed thru the process. We had to listen to a half hour explanation of how the process worked, along with job hunting tips. All good information - but mostly common sense, and quite repetitive. It was way too long a presentation for the information that was supplied. I almost had the feeling that they were stalling till the next round of interviewers were ready. Once I got to my one-on-one (the person who was supposed to listen to me and evaluate my needs and capabilities) it deteriorated even further. I don't think she had the time or inclination to take a good look at my resume, and I don't feel she was listening to me. Why would she recommend a part-time or temp job to someone who is currently employed? Why would she even bring up a job that is $7 an hour less than my existing job. Honestly, I think it is as Todd W says - that they mostly have low-paying temp jobs. Twice I mentioned that I had seen a job on their website that I was interested in, but she just kept on saying "we'll get to that later". I think "What about it interested you?" would have been a more helpful, revealing response. Now, I understand that they can't recommend me for a job they don't have. But I feel that once it was apparent to her that I wasn't looking for the type of positions they have, she couldn't wait to get me out of the office and get on to the next candidate. Also, I felt there was a pathetically transparent, entirely false, attempt at being "Corporate Upbeat". Which, unfortunately, I take as an indication of masking an exaggerated sense of success and importance. I recall two people saying "And you'll meet XXXXX Carney" with the same reverence normally reserved for the Pope. I must say I did get a few resume/interview suggestions that I will take to heart but, in the end my feeling is "For this I shaved my legs?" ;-)