Bewertungen für Creative Circle

Pros

- Great training/ continuing education. You are constantly learning and growing individually and as a team/office! - Opportunity to make a difference, it's extremely rewarding and that is what motivates me - Competitive environment but not cut throat. Creative Circle does a good job to create an environment that promotes teamwork and building eachother other up!

Kontras

- Long hours, I defintely feel invested in my job and with that comes long days - At the end of the day it's a sales job/sales organization but there's plenty of opportunity to make significant money

Pros

Friendly co-workers, computer and desk phone provided. Travel team that arranges travel for you. Medical, dental, and vision coverage when you start. Open workspace and casual work environment. Paid holidays and performance rewards.

Kontras

I had to front my own money for much of my travel expenses such as bag fees, transportation to and from the airport, airport parking, and more for the first three weeks. They changed my travel dates without notice and required me to pack my things and get on a flight with only a couple hours notice. While traveling for my "informal training" I was required to complete tasks which required using a phone in... which mine was broken; so were the first, second, and third pair of headphones they tried to give me. The software used to complete training tasks did not work on the computer I was told to use while shadowing and no one in the office assisted to fix the issue. I was sent to a different state to "shadow" a different office and not given the name or contact information to anyone in the office, wasn't given a time to arrive. The training girl called my manager to tell them I was late. Very disorganized and unprofessional; total lack of communication between the training office and the manager. For informal training you are to observe existing account executives and recruiters but there is no incentive for them to teach/explain what they are doing. As a result, most of them did not want their call volume to suffer because of slowing down to answer questions about processes. They only give you $50 per day total for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. When traveling in cities like D.C. or San Francisco, that was very challenging to afford before receiving a single paycheck. (Again, you do not get a corporate credit card for travel expenses) You are expected to pay for coffee/lunches with clients weekly out of your own pocket and be reimbursed weeks later. You don't begin to make commission for nearly 6 months after starting. The entire training program they sell themselves on is very unstructured for the first 2-3 weeks in which you are given a binder to work out of and told to ask people for help in working on it. No one is actually responsible for taking you through the training excercises. I was told managers give you leads on companies to call and set appointments with; however, you're actually expected to cold call these people until they threaten you to stop calling. My manager had never actually managed anyone before and didn't have much time for me. He was a great guy but more of an independent worker responsible for the fate of my career.

Rat an das Management

Set your employees up for success when it comes to informal training. Broken phones, broken headphones, and software issues shouldn't be put on the employee's performance. Expecting a new hire has hundreds of dollars in their bank accounts to front for the first three weeks is unprofessional. Being told that it takes a minimum of 2 years to have a grasp on the role of an account executive yet being "trained"... and graded by an account executive that didn't last more than 1.5 years in the role is completely inappropriate. There was no standard of dress code set, what was completely appropriate to wear in one office was considered a punishable offense in another office. You can't expect employees to meet standards when the proper expectations are not set to begin with and uniform throughout the company and communicated. I would continue offering advice; however, it is clear this company looks to hire individuals they can use as workhorses. That isn't going to change.

Pros

Great team, transparent, fast-paced & no ceiling on earning potential. Love that everyone is genuinely interested in the goals of our candidates and clients.

Kontras

None that come to mind.

Pros

They can find you a job. Sometimes the pay is ok.

Kontras

Sometimes they pay $10/hour less than you actually want. You can tell that they dislike a contractor becoming permanent so they do everything in their power to keep you. They also do not try negotiating the contract for you. They charge a massive amount and you won’t see even half of that. Also, they contact you. Don’t ever contact them when you’re on the job. While I like the constant blanket emails to potential... employees, most of them make absolutely no sense and are in some very random areas.

Pros

They respect their employees and genuinely care.

Kontras

There are none in my book

Pros

Uncapped commission, fun co workers and environment

Kontras

Very structured and little flexibility here

Pros

- Initial contact with Creative Circle, to sending opportunities, to landing interviews is really fast. Almost overwhelmingly fast, but that's a good thing. - Forwards lots of opportunities and are hands-on with trying to find the best fit for you. - Great initial first interview with your recruiter. Also a really good opportunity to talk about your work — great practice! - Ended up with a good full-time... position (which is what I was hoping for) pretty quickly. Process moved along fast from start to finish.

Kontras

- Incessantly call, even if they know you currently work a full-time position. Sometimes it's not easy for a potential candidate to drop what they're doing in the middle of a work day to speak on the phone. - Really advocate for contract/freelance work when you specifically ask for a full-time position, and then try to make contract work sound romantic by saying that contract work actually gives you more freedom to... look for other positions that you think sound good. - Certain recruiters are pushy and manipulative. They will push you into an interview that you don't necessarily want to do. They'll also try and manipulate you into going to another scheduled interview when you have already accepted another position through them, saying that it will "hurt your chances to network in the future" and that they "understand that it's your choice" over and over trying to guilt you into going. They are actually worried about their relationship with the client rather than your future ability to network with people in the client's circle. - Once accepting a full-time position, all communication ends pretty abruptly. Probably because you're not freelancing through Creative Circle, but the abruptness of all communication ending definitely feels like they just wanted you for the commission (which, in the end, they do — but at least hide it).

Rat an das Management

Ask your creative recruits when a good time to call is. I understand that when an opportunity arrises at a good time for YOU, it might be a good time for you YOU to call ME. For some individuals, it's not so easy to just pick up the phone while in the middle of an open office (with no available space to go and speak privately). Also listen to what your creative recruits want: If we specifically ask for full-time... opportunities, don't push contract work. If we don't want to go on a specific interview, don't push it and act like it's a HUGE deal if we don't go! It leaves a really sour taste in the creative recruits mouth, and doesn't make me want to recommend Creative Circle to my creative colleagues.

Pros

This has been fantastic so far. The people here are extremely helpful and patient with learning their system. I informed them of my desire for this to become permanent and they had me apply and are going to setup an interview. I love it here and can't thank Laura enough for finding this job for me. It took us a couple years in between placements but I think she found me a home. I can't express my thankfulness to her... for how much she put up with me as this placement came to be. Children's is a great place to work and would recommend everyone to get on board over here.

Kontras

None come to mind at this time

Rat an das Management

Keep doing what you're doing and give Laura S. a promotion and raise!