Comar Agency

Leslie and Jenny are an incredible team. They’ve been a guiding force in my career, and I am so grateful to them for always taking the time to answer my questions and discuss opportunities with me.

To add some context, I am a recently separated veteran and had no idea how the «real world» operates. I’ve been involved with Comar Agency for a couple of months now. Leslie has been amazing to work with! I love her openness and honesty. It’s tough to navigate through all of the craziness a job search can bring on, but Jenny and Leslie were patient and very knowledgable. They also followup with questions quickly, and I felt like I could come to them at any time with any concerns, which I did quite a few times. Leslie and Jenny were understanding and I never felt like a nuisance.
My conclusion about Comar Agency is a very positive one. If you’re hard working, open to talking about yourself and your goals, then give them a call. A main complaint I have read about all agencies in this field, is that they don’t call back, or people complain about not finding a job. HOWEVER, that’s life. Some people are not as marketable or flexible as others. It doesn’t benefit a staffing agency to ignore good candidates. Knowing that truth, I ignored those reviews, and WOW, so glad I did!
I am most appreciative of their perseverance and support of my goals. That’s definitely a rare find in Los Angeles! If you’re looking for work and feeling the pressures to find the right job, give yourself an even better chance and call Comar Agency!

I met with them and it was just blah! Antique MS testing and the office is so small, no privacy for the interview. But in their defense, they are like all staffing agencies, all smiles just to get resumes in the door, whether or not they actually have openings lol. I never heard from them again.

Jenny scheduled Facetime with me and the owner Leslie Comar. I was told about an animation position and that is the only reason I accepted to have a Facetime meeting with Leslie. Leslie Facetime me right at 930am, and right off the bat I can see that she was annoyed, not happy at all, raw personality, a bitter individual but I went with it anyways hoping it would get better. Not a good reputation for a first impression Leslie. She asks you questions like what are you strengths and weakens while looking elsewhere and doing something else while rolling her eyes. I would say, if you’re going to do Facetime with a candidate, hold off on the rolling of the eyes Leslie, it belittles yourself and makes you look like an angry b*tch, and no one wants to be around an angry b*tch. She looked like she was haggered from Facetime interviews all morning. I have never in my life had such an unprofessional interview with a such a rude bitter-​type behavior person ever. I kindly said this is not going the way I expected it, so I am going to end this call. Shes said but I asked you a question and you are not answering whilst rolling her eyes, and I said, you come across extremely frustrated, I am going to end this call now and I hung up. Leslie, get a bit of professionalism it would make you go a lot further.

This was my first experience applying for a job online and I am very thankful for Comar Agency. They worked very quickly in finding a job for me. They were very nice and treated me well. Especially with Jenny Whitt, who always kept in contact with me throughout the process. I am very thankful and it is incredible that I am working again in such a short amount of time. I definitely will recommend this agency to everyone I know!

I got in contact with the Comar Agency after applying for one of their jobs online. Very shortly Jenny emailed me to set up a Skype interview with the owner. I was very excited.
I do my Skype interview with Leslie and she’s just asking me about my background so we spent most of the interview just reviewing my resume. She says that I’d be a great fit for the position that I applied for and another one that just came in working as a Receptionist at a production company.
After our Skype Interview was over, she emailed me all of this paperwork to fill out and send back to her. The paperwork was mostly just tax documents and ID information. After I sent that in, the assistant Jenny said they’d be in touch about the positions.
I never heard from them again. Maybe they found someone else, but to never contact me back is just rude.

I never leave comments on Unilocal,but I had such a positive experience with the Comar Agency that I felt compelled to share.
I was laid off from my job last year and had been sending out dozens of resumes with absolutely no luck in landing an interview… and I have a solid resume with a lot of experience too so was starting to get disheartened. I also signed up with a few other placement agencies that never sent me out on any interviews (I won’t name names because I’m not here to bash anyone). So, I thought I’d give Comar a try. I met with Leslie last Wednesday and am happy I did. She drilled me with questions in the interview and also told me my resume was way too long (something that was never brought up by any other agency I was with prior) and that she would go ahead and edit it herself. I actually appreciated her direct and no nonsense approach to the interview process. She has to find out if you can handle an interview in this industry and learn more about you, so this is the best way to do it. It’s not being rude, it’s just being direct and it’s a necessary process to see if you have what it takes to be able to interview with any of the companies she represents. She also gives constructive criticism after to help you with your interviewing skills, which was also appreciated. I thought I was quite good in interviews but she made me think about my answers and suggested the best way to answer questions that might come up. She truly cares about how you do and it shows. I took my MS office test and by the time I was finished she had already edited my resume down to one page and it looked and read a lot better.
She also said that an executive was coming in that day holding interviews in her office and that one of her clients couldn’t make his interview time and asked if I wanted to stick around for an hour to interview in his spot if she could slip me in. The executive said he’s see me and I nailed the interview. I was called back on Friday for a second and then got a formal offer the following Monday. I doubt this happens often, if ever, but I’m sure happy I went in to meet with her that day. I just happened to be at the right place at the right time and had the luck of someone having to cancel his interview time, but I had a specific skill-​set they were looking for and definitely made the most of the opportunity.
I think people confuse what an agent like Leslie’s job actually is. She’s not supposed to get you a job, but prepare you and put you in front of prospective employers to give you the best chance to get a job… the rest is up to you. I’m very thankful to Leslie and Jenny at Comar and would recommend them to anyone looking for an entertainment job. They’re great! I have a great job with a great company that will probably be the last company I work for in my entertainment career. Thank you!

Comar Agency single-​handedly opened the doors for my professional career in Los Angeles.
For months, I freelanced without the help of a temp agency, which I found to be do-​able, as long as it solely consisted of production assistant gigs. Finding anything professional, in an office, or in a studio on my own? NOT gonna happen. Once I signed up with Comar Agency in July, professional temp work was plentiful. Each week I sent my availability to Jenny and if they had something for me, she or Leslie would let me know right away. At the beginning of December, they sent me on three different interviews for full time work and by the end of December, I was hired on a temp-​to-​hire basis at the company I was just permanently hired at last week.
Leslie is amazing. She works incredibly hard for all her candidates and gave me some of the best no-​bs advice I’ve had in Los Angeles. Jenny is the kindest office manager I’ve ever had the pleasure of speaking with and always gave me her full attention and words of wisdom on anything I asked.
I can’t say enough about the Comar team and am truly grateful for all they’ve done for me.
***Please keep in mind that people have different strengths and weaknesses. Do not get discouraged if you don’t get anything right away. I promise Leslie and Jenny are hard at work for you!

All the negative reviews about the Comar Agency are either from rejected applicants or people who shouldn’t be in the entertainment business anyway if you think an interview with Leslie was a difficult one! Don’t be bitter and negative toward such a great business! This industry requires tough skin and Leslie simply screens her applicants to make sure you are ready for the type of jobs she might send you on! Honest and straight forward which is rare in Hollywood!
Leslie and Jenny are a great team who honestly care about people. The Comar Agency is not money hungry like other agencies they are very genuine. if you’re lucky to be selected you will be in good hands. If you aren’t selected– just keep applying! It took me several submissions before they finally called me in but I am comfortable knowing that I am with the best entertainment temp agency that LA has to offer!

I love Comar! Leslie is amazing, and I love how the agency is very independent, with a great lovely office and staff. I had an assignment as soon as the interview ended, and they really listened to what I wanted and found me another assignment when my first ended that was perfect! They are very personable and give you individual attention. The only other experience I had was Freidman, and I felt like they were just collecting resumes. Comar is amazing if they call you in! Good luck!

I had a excellent experience with Leslie and her colleagues at the Comar Agency. Leslie championed me for the position I was hired for, and was courteous, supportive and helpful all along the way.
Leslie’s straight-​talking and honest — two qualities I respect immensely and find infrequently. Chatting with her made it clear that she’s well connected, highly respected in the industry and that big companies trust her with their staffing.
If you’re found yourself on this page, you already know this is a hard industry to get into. While it’s tough to get represented by an entertainment recruiter, Leslie seems to work with candidates who she believes in, and whom she knows she can place. If you’re an experienced, well-​qualified candidate, Comar Agency is perfect for you.

I can’t say enough great things about Leslie and Jenny. Coming from a recruiting background, I understand the difficulty in matching up people’s background to an open inventory of positions — it takes true talent, years of experience and a lot of dedication. Leslie and Jenny worked tirelessly to set up my many rounds of interviews, even communicating with me after hours and on the weekends. When I received my offer, they acted on my behalf to make sure that the entire package was exactly what I was looking for. When she stepped up to be my advocate, I was incredibly thankful for her very direct approach, she gets her way and I was happy to have her in my corner! Should there ever be any open positions at my new office, I’ll be calling Leslie!

I sent a letter of interest to Comar, after which I received a call to come in an interview. At that time their agency was a dingy hole on La Cienega. I sat in their ‘lobby’ with four or five other applicants, waiting to get called in. At some point, the owner (one of the owners?) of the agency stuck her head out and started grilling me (in front of everyone) about did I know the names of the heads of this or that studio or prod. co. — I forget who she asked about. Her tone was aggressive and her point was that I was an idiot if I didn’t know. After she closed the door, those waiting in the lobby looked at me with sympathy. Wow, just wow.

About a year ago I turned to the Comar Agency after unsuccessfully job hunting in the entertainment industry. My experience was condescending, superficial, and all out depressing.
The Microsoft Office test is a joke, don’t waste your time studying your Word or Excel. It’s on a crappy PC computer with out of date software that’s monitored like an online test (driving school, sexual harassment tests, etc). What’s irritating is that it only allows you to work in the «correct» sequence. As soon as you deviate from that sequence, it gives you an error message and makes you start over. For example, it says, «copy and paste cell1 into cell 2». So I hit «Command +C». Error. um, ok. «Control + C». Error. Right-​click. Error. Click and drag. Error. Edit Menu — Copy. ERROR! ! ! I lost my patience and got that question wrong. The entire test is like this.
The worst part is the interview with Leslie Comar. She’s intentionally intimidating and rude, which I thought was an act but it’s really who she is. She said I was only worth $ 10/​hr. Um, no. I said, «I was paid $ 20/​hr at my University job and I graduated with a triple major. I’m more valuable than that» Her response, «Degrees don’t matter in this industry and neither does your previous job because it’s not industry related.» Was this the soul crushing truth? After she saw my scores on the Microsoft test she told me that I don’t fit her high profile opportunities.
I was insanely depressed until literally two days later when Fox called me for an interview (from my own resume submission). I got the job and was paid $ 25/​hr as an assistant, no lie. Then, get this, a month after working at Fox, I was called for an interview by Hasbro with a $ 350/​day rate. On year later I keep thinking to myself, «What if I had gone with the Comar Agency?»
My advice, be your own manager. Pimp yourself out on every possible company’s job board and wait up to 6 months to hear back. Comar is a slimy Hollywood agent who will undercut you. If you decide to go with her, good luck.

Amazing agency. Was hired by one of the première entertainment marketing firms in the industry. Also, provided consistent temp work

So incredible. If you have the luck of getting called in (which is tough, I admit), Leslie and her team are the best. I received a call for a potential job at least once every other week. These were quality positions too. Leslie was honest with me every step of the way and got me quick responses and even quicker schedulings — sometimes I would have an interview the very next day. I ended up taking a position that I found on my own and Leslie was supportive and truly excited for me. Overall, I am nothing but impressed by them and recommend them 110%.

They are the most elitist a-​holes I ever had the misfortune to speak to. I’ve gotten a few rejection letters from them over the years whenever I end a temp or contract assignment with a major studio — and they have the audacity to claim that I’m not qualified to even be on their radar. I don’t know what the heck they’re looking for, they’re very cryptic in their definitions of what or what isn’t a personal or executive assistant’s description entails. I called them one day to nitpick with them and to tell them that rejection letter they sent me was a downright insult. I explained to them that I’ve worked two years as a personal executive assistant/​researcher for Sony Pictures Television’s syndication department, and I was a assistant for four years at Warner Bros — and they still have the gall to tell me that I’m still not qualified for anything that comes in from their clients? I like their stance on the phone: «this is not a subject to debate» and then hang up on me. I just scoff at all the people who harp and harp upon how rude and how unprofessional the Friedman Personnel Agency is — when these Comar Agency posers are in a league of unprofessional vulgarity all their own.
Oh, by the way — whenever I hear one of Jules Young’s assistants has to take his dog out for a dump– I always suggest of walking him towards Leslie Comar’s direction.

Just a bad agency in general, doesn’t really do anything to help you. Just pass it and sign up with someone else.

I have a master’s degree and several years in production experience and experience in the entertainment industry and yet, I was turned down to even register at this place. Say what?! I guess their standards for temps to hire and low, low, low. And FYI Comar, the next day after your insulting email, I received a job at a network studio for an incredible salary and benefits! Maybe you should screen better.

I love the Comar Agency! I came to Los Angeles wanting to learn the aspects of production. Upon getting here I landed a job nannying for a woman in television who promised me a dream job in production «eventually» but only delivered abuse and constant stress and anxiety to me for two years of my life. I soon found myself unemployed. As anyone in Los Angeles knows it’s not easy to find a job here.
After nine months of being unemployed, and basically doing a full time job in just finding a job, I found the Comar Agency. I sent them my resume and the following week I received a call asking me to come in.
Leslie Comar is wonderful. She’s extremely honest and straight to the point. I had a good feeling about her while I was in the waiting room and I overheard her on the phone telling someone they had a job offer but that she didn’t think it was a place they would be happy in. That made me realize she wasn’t just after a commision, she was after her applicant’s best interests! Not at all like other placement agencies. When meeting with Leslie she really listened to me about the goals that I wanted to achieve career wise and told me exactly where I should begin. They tested me on regular administrative material (but have no fear, they do not place you in anything above your capabilities).
One week after interviewing at the Comar Agency I received an email offering me a temp to perm position at a production company in hollywood. I began that day, and two weeks from that day I was offered a full time position with a salary and a very generous benefits package and I am still with them and loving it! I can honestly say I look forward to going to work everyday.
The Comar Agency is not like any temp agency. In fact I would consider them more an Entertainment Placement Agency. I owe them so much. If I ever am ready to move forward from my current position, I will definitely call them again. I have recommended them to everyone I know in entertainment who is looking for a job!