Softworld

Provided with every recruiting tool imaginable to help me succeed. - Delivery Manager Softworld Employee Review

5.0

Dec 18, 2017

Recommend

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Pros

Softworld provides recruiters with every tool out there to help each individual to hit their goals. They also give fast feedback on how you are doing so there is never a time where you are thinking, hmmm, I wonder if I am doing well enough not to get fired. When you are doing well they tell you. When you are not doing well, the immediately address the issue and try to find a solution that works for all parties involved. If you have been recruiting for a while you know that there is always more than just you in the equation.

Cons

Nothing worth complaining about yet.

Softworld Response

Appreciate the positive feedback. Everyone is here to help and you can come to anyone if you need something. Thank you for amazing year...looking forward to another one in 2018!

1.0

Feb 11, 2026

Recruiter

Recommend

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Pros

I was able to work primarily remote. As an Account Manager, it might not be a bad gig

Cons

Take this with a grain of salt since their director of recruiting was let go, and that was a major issue up until 2024. I'm sure some of the feedback still applies though In short, it was the worst experience I've had in staffing. Constant negative feedback, unrealistic goals, and dealing with recruiting management that had no experience, or likely success, anywhere else As a recruiter, you were probably given 95% system requirements from DoD employers with 60 other vendors (Black Holes). Their idea of "manager contact" would be if they knew the managers first name, and intake calls had those 60 other vendors on them You would also have to make 30 documented cold calls on old jobs each day, before you could even work on something new. Then they would just pass the job back to someone else after a month and keep going. Having jobs with 500-1000 VM's attached to them were normal. Again, these are system requirements, and not even good system requirements.

Softworld Response

3mo

Thank you for your candor. It appears from your review that your tenure occurred years ago, and you're right that there have been personnel, parent company integration, and process changes more recently. Furthermore, some of those changes have reflected pieces of the business prioritization and particularly older job categorizations that you're alluding to. That said, many of the most successful recruiters in the history of the company worked within the same business structure, customer base, and opportunities that you refer to. Dozens of recruiters have built combinations of 10-plus year careers, leadership achievements, multi-million dollar GP portfolios and ground-up growth paths under the same model. Those numerous success stories respectfully would have been impossible under a primary staffing model that you describe. Our model has never been perfect, and we've always operated in a "what's best for the business isn't always easiest for recruiting" mindset. That has yielded some frustrating assignments, particularly for senior recruiters accustomed to other environments that may have featured less individual accountability. While some of the job order assignments and tasks you're describing doubtlessly occurred, our years-long double digit growth and individual success stories paint quite a different picture for many people. Our model (both then and now) wasn't for everybody, and we wish you best success in wherever your professional travels have taken you since your time with us. If you have anything more to add, including anymore specifics you think would have improved the business, I can be reached anytime at 781-373-8452. Thank you again for your review.

Provided with every recruiting tool imaginable to help me succeed. - Delivery Manager Softworld Employee Review

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