Good first job - Recruiter Aerotek Employee Review

3.0
May 17, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Fun environment with great people. You learn a lot about recruiting in a short period of time. Training is great and if you can stick around long enough then you'll eventually start to get some good commission

Cons

The hours - you'll easily be working 60 hours a week, probably more. Plus, after your probation ends, you're a salaried employee, so it's not like you'll be making anything for that overtime. They give you laptops, but only allow you to work from home when you're using PTO, or after you've left the office. Your schedule is technically flexible, in that you can leave early or take a long lunch to take care of personal things...as long as it only happens a few times a year. Base pay is ridiculously low for the commission structure when you're a recruiter. If you can get promoted to an ARM role then you get a cut of all that company's contractors and can start to really build your commissions. As a recruiter you'll stay at the base pay (which was in the low 30s when I was there) DEFINITELY for the first year and probably most of the second. If you're single and don't have any major debt, then it's not a bad job. Also, there's no real advancement for people who don't want to to do sales. All of corporate is in the Maryland HQ.

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5.0
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Pros

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Cons

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5.0
Oct 30, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Great people, great training, great entry level opportunity to get into recruiting and sales. If you are successful you will make more here than about anywhere else. Performing Recruiters are making $55k-$75k. Great Recruiters are making $100k+. Every large office has salespeople making $200k-$400k. Culture is 100% committed and generally cool type-A's you would want to have a beer with. The skills, drive, and sense of urgency you learn at Aerotek serve you well anywhere you may go later.

Cons

If you are just looking for a low-commitment 8-5 job while posting on social media about where you are partying that night...you will not like Aerotek. Success requires an all in approach both in work ethic and active support of the culture. That is not for everyone. There are Political Science grads 3 years out of college making $200k+, but there is a price to be paid. All the tough work comes first. If you are not up for the level of work and commitment, Aerotek is not for you. If you are, none of this is really a "con" As far a real cons go, the benefits are only OK, and finding work/life balance is pretty difficult.

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