Joined with no recruitment experience, could not be happier - Associate Recruitment Consultant Randstad Employee Review

5.0
Mar 1, 2017
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Pros

Incredible support and direction, especially for those joining the Associate programme. It is the best training programme I have seen in any company. The main trainer I worked with, Rohan, was especially supportive. Outside of the trainers, the team I have worked with have gone above and beyond to Relaxed Atmosphere, not corporate at all despite the size of the company Great work/life balance, incredibly social office Generous benefits Even met the CEO Mark Bull for a Q&A session during induction week

Cons

Genuinely nothing that I can think of so far. At most, the desk I have has a bit of a wobble.

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Randstad Response
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Thanks for the review, and really pleased to hear you're enjoying our training - we work really hard to ensure the training our new starters get is best in class. Good feedback on the 1st day of our induction week - we've made some changes and our new induction week will be less presentation based!

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Cons

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