Selective Staffing of Ny

I received a call from Tim R. who had found my resume on one of the online job boards. He told me about an administrative position that I was very interested in because it involved numbers and HR. But once I came in to meet with him, it was obvious (like reviewer Caroline L said) that he was clueless about my background, education, capabilities and ambitions.
He was very negative throughout our meeting and told me that despite my more recent accomplishments with trade reconciliations, journal entries, HR and vendor management, I was better suited for a secretarial role. I said I would consider executive assistant positions, but only if they were supporting C-​level executives and if the salary was within my asking range. He told me that even though I had worked for C-​level executives in the past, the firms were not large enough to be impressive and that he could not send me to those jobs either.
On top of that, he thought I had too long of a commute and that his clients would be hesitant to see me so he was not going to forward my resume on even though this was the reason I came in to meet him. I even told him that my commute or lateness has never been an issue with any employer.
I left our meeting with a very bitter taste in my mouth having wasted a morning to go downtown all suited up to meet someone who already had a preset disposition.

If you have a strong resume and want to be a secretary or other administrative assistant, this could be the place for you. But unless you are coming here with a few years of experience in a financial analyst role, don’t expect to find a non-​admin job here.
Tim is a nice, knowledgeable guy, but it became extremely clear that he had no idea what my background was and as such, assumed I was probably only a good fit for receptionist/​data entry work. Not really what I’ve been looking at, or what other recruiters have pointed me towards.
His response? «So many of you college graduates think you are too good to be [career] secretaries.»
He suggested I revise my research– and management-​heavy resume to accent the administrative work («be specific: faxing, copying, mailing, etc.») I had done… at my dad’s office… while I was in high school.
Not looking forward to any interviews this one pulls up for me. That said, if admin is what you want to do, hit these guys up. They have a lot of positions for you.

I came here in a past life of adult times, which I walk in with low expectations and received exactly just that. They use affirmative action to the fullest, except this agency bases candidates on one’s academic, and professional background in being selective. Selective Staffing is very selective on choosing candidates for their clients’ positions of whom they want as they see fit. As a result of being very selective they discriminate as they are clearly NOT E.O.E!
Candidates should not SELECT this staffing agency.