Zion Partners

Terrible. I am a hiring manager and the company I work for has hired several people from their company. One was great, the others were all horrifically under qualified. I did hire 3 of their candidates as they were completely coached by ZP. ZP would call me and ask me repeatedly what I was looking for in a candidate. Now I realize it was so they could coach their candidate and pad their candidates resume. Completely untrustworthy and now they call everyday even after I had asked them not to. DON’T USE THEM FOR HIRING OR GETTING HIRED. They are crooks and should be investigated by authorities. Believe the bad reviews, all these people are not wrong.

I have mixed feelings about Zion Partners. I’ve come twice because they picked up my resume both times after posting my resume on job sites. Both times they requested that I come to the office. I felt like it was just a waste of time and money. What I didn’t like was that I had to pay $ 15 for parking. There’s basically no where else to park around the Zion Office (Downtown LA). Recruiting agencies basically make money after placing you in a position. I feel like If they want you to come, at the very least they can validate parking for you.
Came there, talked about my professional background, what I did previously, and my skill set. The meeting with them was professional but in the end, I found another job through another agency.

I work at a creative technology studio in Los Angeles, and these guys will not stop calling. Not only do they aggressively cold call, but they lie about who they are and why they are calling. Here’s how the typical conversation goes…
Receptionist: «Hello?»
Zion: «Can I speak with [insert-management-level-employee-they’ve-scraped-from-LinkedIn-here]?»
Receptionist: «What is this regarding?»
Zion: «It’s a technical matter.»
Receptionist: «Hmmm… are you a recruiter?»
Zion: «As I stated before, this is a technical matter.» (very aggressive tone)
Rinse. Repeat. Every day.
If I could give 0 stars, I would.

If you look it up, you’ll notice this company is NOT backed by the Better Business Bureau. We’ve asked MULTIPLE times to be removed from their call list and yet, they keep calling. They will call your business and try to poach your employees and all of your employees’ classmates. AWFUL.
They call our office and ask, «Can I talk to so-​n-​so?» When they are denied they say, «I just have a coding question. If you’re not a developer then you wouldn’t understand. I’ll just call back later.» Obviously we’re not in the business of giving out free advice so that’s the worst way to try to weasel your way in. Terrible telemarketers! If they can’t hire decent telemarketers, who will they hire for YOU?!

Absolutely priceless! These guys are the most inept group of telemarketers I’ve come across. They know nothing about recruiting, hiring or relationship building. I’ve been called by shady boiler rooms from Jamaica selling limited partnerships in oil and gas that had more skill.
They don’t even know how to lie (despite every effort, numerous times a day).
They (poorly) lie to your face and gloss over it when you call them on it.
Leah Chan: «um yes I lied… but that’s because of you…»
I’m the IT director and will not entertain any candidate from Zion Partners.
Stay away!!! unless you’re bored and need a good laugh. Maybe have some fun with them. I was planning it, but unfortunately I just don’t have the spare time.
P. S. I’m compiling a database of recruiters that work for these fools and will never entertain candidates from them. Assuming they are using their real names.
I have connections, I can help them get a position selling kirby’s door to door. Eric & Leah let me know. I’ll hook you up guys!

I have a mixed impression of Zion Partners.
I got a first call from Zion a few month ago asking me to come to their office the next day; I was asked to come ASAP as if I won’t have as many opportunities. I didn’t like that.
So I spent 2,5 hours in traffic + parking fee and only 15 – 20 mins in their office talking about my professional background that could have been done over the phone.
2 months passed after the meeting and no interesting propositions from Zion. I thought they forgot about me.
I am giving 4 stars because of my recruiting agent Leah Chan. She was very friendly and professional; always followed up with me and made sure I have all my questions answered. And she found me a job that I am starting on Monday!

They called colleague and started talking about a great candidate they have. My colleague politely asked not to call again. The guy immediately asked the receptionist to transfer to me. Well, I put him on hold until he got the point. Maybe harsh, but I think it’s fair.
I really don’t care much about Zion themselves; but I want to warn the job seekers that you may miss on potential opportunities if you are represented by Zion.

I would give them zero stars. They call you at their office in LA downtown. You spend your time and money (for the parking) and they will tell you how you are a great fit for many clients they have, and they will forget about you.
It is so mismanaged that within a couple of days after going there, I got a call from them asking if I can visit them personally and discuss few job opportunities (basically they forgot about my first visit).
They will ask you to give three professional references to build their database and to bug those people. never give any contact information of your reference until they actually setup an interview, otherwise you will regrate when your references actually need to talk about you for the real job opportunity.

All they want is leads from you to contact others. I used to work at a Employment Agency and that’s what they all do. But you can tell when these guys call that all they want is info from you. A legitimate agency would do some of these things too, they of course want to increase their business. But this just sounds like a bullshit boiler room. The guy who called me really didn’t know what he was talking about, asked me stupid questions that any recruiter who’s interviewed more than a couple people would already know.

When they first call you, they will tell you about all these openings they have ready that would be suited for you. They will ask you to come to their office downtown where you will fill out paperwork and they will ask you questions like where else you applied. I’ve dealt with other recruiters, but these guys might be the worst. As other posters have stated, they will flat out lie. They give used car salesmen a good name. Don’t bother.

These guys call my work every day, normally HR is able to keep them at bay, but today they lied to HR and said they were a former friend of mine from a former employer. The name didn’t sound familiar so I checked my LinkedIn profile and saw a recent view from someone at Zion Partners. So the following happened:
«Hello?»
Guy: «Yeah, Taylor, Erik Meitz here, how you doing?»
«Uhh yeah Hi, I’m sorry did you just lie to HR that you used to work at me at my previous employer?»
Guy: «I’m sorry?»
«You told HR you used to work with me?»
Guy: «Yeah, I told them that I used to work for the same company as you.»
«Okay, well I’m looking at your LinkedIn profile right now and it says you work for Zion Partners, a recruitment agency, so can you please stop calling me?»
Guy: «What profile are you looking at?»
«The one on LinkedIn that shows you just looked at my profile 10 minutes ago.»
Guy: «Yeah that’s the wrong one.»
«Okay, bye»
*Click*

Liars, and bad ones.
I have had similar, negative, experiences to the other reviewers here (I bet the good reviews were left by ZP themselves!).
Zion is in the same fish bucket with many other unscrupulous «recruiters», they don’t want to find you a job, they want your connections; that’s why they ask about your Linked In account.
They use your connections to try and recruit others.
They are shady, and in today’s economy, they’re taking advantage of the desparate.
SHAME ON THEM!

This company calls my office, every single day, multiple times per day, even though I’ve told them REPEATEDLY we have no interest in their services. They’re rude, confrontational, and have tried all number of fake names and stories to get through to the IT and HR department. (HELLO CALLER ID IS A THING THAT EXISTS.)
Even if our company ever did decide to use an IT recruiting firm, my company will never ever use this one, based solely on these cold calls.

Wish I could give zero stars.
They asked for a new employee in our office and tried to tell us they were the head of the department they needed to speak with. Refused to give us the name of their company. Asked to be taken off the list after they were rude. They proceeded to call 3 more times. Reported them to the Federal Trade Commission the SEC and the FCC. Hopefully this helps!
If not I will go downtown to the office myself.

These guys are thoroughly unprofessional. If they aren’t lying or contradicting themselves, then they’re busy being incompetent and not communicating clearly or professionally. I would stay away as either a job candidate or a hiring organization. Steer clear!

12/​19/​2013 — I just got another call from Zion Partners. The only reason I answered is to see what their tactics are so that I can Unilocal about them here.
This was a call from a different guy (Antonio?) but like Eric Meitz below came off as with real high-​energy, slick-​talking approach. He was pretty insistent on asking me some «basic questions» before giving me too many details about any jobs. Nonetheless, I persisted asking him what the jobs were and where they were located. He assured me that he didn’t want to waste my time but then put me on hold.
I hung up and he hasn’t called back. Apparently, once they know you’re onto them, they dump the call.

My expectation with recruiters is that they put openings in front of you that could potentially be a match, and they put you in front of interviewers. The rest is largely up to you.
To that end, I had a pleasant experience working with these guys. I felt the person I was working with was straightforward, cordial, and did a great job at what I felt a recruiter should do: get a sense of what I was looking for, put me in front of people, and help move things along.
Thanks guys.

Typical tactics they use:
1. «Please send us an updated resume and we’ll talk.» What this means: «We are fishing for leads on where there are openings, and if you put your current place of work on your resume, we can fish for leads at your current place of work».
2. «XXXX technology developer at client in city XXXX» What this means: «We don’t actually have an opening but want to fish for leads and get more information. We won’t tell you who it’s with because this job doesn’t exist. We will ignore you for weeks when you ask us who its with because of the same above reason»
Don’t deal with them. Especially Jim B.

The Zion recruiters are scumbag sales people with no respect for their potential customers. They call incessantly (~10 times per day) with no voicemail or follow-​up email. There are more respectable firms out there that can earn your business. Blacklist these fools.

I’ve only known the people at Zion Partners to be extremely hardworking and diligent. They were very thorough when they represented me in my job search – asking me to come in to get a strong idea of what I do and what I wanted in my career. Prior to sending me out for interviews – I was given a breakdown of what the company was looking for, what they offered, and they were able to give me a good sense of what the company culture was like.
I really did feel like I was working with someone who was in my corner – acting as my confidante and offering me their expertise based on the market and their relationships with managers. I was really appreciative of their attention to detail and their footwork gave gave me a great sense of confidence every time I walked into an interview.
I recommend them highly to anyone serious about their job search.