[Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread egervari
On May 31, 11:21 am, Jedrin wrote: >  I am in the USA. I tend to target mostly Rails work. > >   Robert Half had called me and said that they had been getting in > Rails contracts and wanted to talk to me. Often times they do not get > so much rails work. I took it as a possible sign of a pickup i

Re: [Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
On May 31, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Jedrin wrote: > If I sign the contract and send it in to them, they may obviously > call me with job opportunities. If I don't send the contract in, I may > neve hear from them again or I would have to deal with the contract > issue the next time they try to call me.

[Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
> > Your best best is probably going out and interviewing without a recruiter, > but that's harder and takes more time. > I have tried to apply to jobs that are advertised directly by companies. Sometimes if a job sounds good and it's advertised by an agency, I will still apply. Once an agen

Re: [Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
I was just saying I had good experiences with them and found them more reputable than the rest, I do not have any affiliation with them at all. (In fact I left that job about a year later). Your best best is probably going out and interviewing without a recruiter, but that's harder and takes

[Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
Jason, Sorry if this is an off topic post. I don't frequent alot of IT related groups and feel somewhat comfortable what people from the Rails group might have to say as I have posted on this group a number of times etc .. I am not sure I have time for a job counselor or a lawyer on this. It's

Re: [Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jason Fleetwood-Boldt
Jedrin, Your topic is totally off-post, but I will give you my 2¢ anyway. I was placed at a company 3 years ago by Robert Half. I found them to be the most reputable agency out there, and I had very good experiences with them. (They placed me for a PHP job.) Almost all recruiters I've met are s

[Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
Robert Half does have some IT postings for Ruby or related: http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=ruby&l=Boston,+MA&rbc=Robert+Half+Technology&jcid=8295f0911ec08bde -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email

[Rails] Re: Question on Robert Half agency and contract

2011-05-31 Thread Jedrin
I am in the USA. I tend to target mostly Rails work. Robert Half had called me and said that they had been getting in Rails contracts and wanted to talk to me. Often times they do not get so much rails work. I took it as a possible sign of a pickup in rails. I went to their office and met wit