Pros
This review of Aerotek is solely based as a former internal employee. The company is big on hiring new grads, if you have a bachelor’s degree and want experience in Recruitment/Sales/Entry-level Human Resources then Aerotek is the place for you. The advertised 50+k a year salary is only after you achieve the sales threshold, which they say will take 4-6 months; however, it takes much longer (~6 months-1.5 years). During that time, you are hourly at $12.25/hr. which is barely enough to support yourself. If you can last that 4-6 months at $12.25/hr. once you achieve 50K, it’s still lower than market value of a full-cycle Recruiter. Aside from pay, the workload is high-volume right from the beginning, expect to produce enough results to work a 7:30AM-5:30PM, non-negotiable schedule– which causes a lot of employees to leave the company. As well, the company is a staffing agency so their business is contingent on filling business for other companies which can be unfulfilling to present people with as low as 2 month contracts in a sea of other agencies. As mentioned above, this is a place that enables you to put in your time to achieve that ‘HR/Sales/Administrative/Recruiting’ experience to move onto something else. There’s money in this company but it’s only available to the people who has the means, endurance, and ability to go through the gutter: low-pay training period until sales threshold, then contest – which is a 10K bonus and a trip to Cancun every year. Please do not expect promotions in this company, as mentioned the rich in the company have clawed their way to the top and do not intend to be replaced. Aerotek’s values are not represented by their core values, which are listed on the walls but by the common bond that everyone is there to make something of themselves to whatever that may be.
Cons
Please read the reviews and research this company. No need to add to the cons list.