Pros
If you are a girl seeking no career progression or if you are atleast a vp who has no vertical barrier or challenge/ threat. I in my first few months started noticing the inner workings of the compny. The key stakeholders are in UK. New recruits technically are recruitment consultants but on paper in background are called trainees. First few months down the line either ud be sent for a training or for a short trip or campaings to us and canada as a part of luring and faking growth opportunities. Account managers are strictly male who have bad standing in social sense and are wannabe womanisers. Southeast asian women are most often the easy catch for this position.
Cons
If you are a girl seeking no career progression or if you are atleast a vp who has no vertical barrier or challenge/ threat. I in my first few months started noticing the inner workings of the compny. The key stakeholders are in UK. New recruits technically are recruitment consultants but on paper in background are called trainees. First few months down the line either ud be sent for a training or for a short trip or campaings to us and canada as a part of luring and faking growth opportunities. Account managers are strictly male who have bad standing in social sense and are womanisers. Recruiters are predominantly females who are hired nominally to source candidates and more so to hang around with the account managers to please them at their will. Genuine career focused smart and intelligent ladies i had opportunity to work with quit their jobs in less than 3 months. I was asked to push new recruiter and encourage them to go into sales and train with the account managers. Upon seeing that none are going forth i realised that women recruiter here were just a means of keeping the account managers happy and distort their ambitions to rise if any. More so in past 3 years with the compny i heard the same bluff story give to the new hires that a new location is going to be a chance for some recruiter to take up responsibility and manage. There was just one and that too was handed over to a brit. Moral of the story is it is a high return business of charging clients slightly less than market, paying recruiters and managers slightly more than the industry and making sure the profits chirned are reserved for the highest stake holders in UK and may be a couple of execs in Toronto. If u are looking to make it big in recruitment or sales based account management it would be advisable to kick start your search after 6-7 months of working here and look into more professional compnies with diverse client base like roberthalf or ranstad if achieving corporate excellence is what u seek.
