David Aplin Group Reviews

Pros

Great team with a management team that truly cares

Pros

At one time there was the "home/work" balance, but that was slowly changing when I was released. They let you run your desk the way you want to run your desk as if it is your own business, its about making the numbers which makes sense. Flexibility in regards to attending to family at home, option to work from home was a perk for employees with children. When the economy is good, and your billing,life is good here, when the economy took a turn, things changed, you learned your value quickly.

Advice to Management

Re-evaluate the leadership team, your teams are only as good as their leaders. Get all the information before making decisions, you may not always have the correct facts. Communication on the direction of the company needs to be clearer.

Pros

Thrown right into the fire and need to build up a book of business quickly. You learn a lot in a short amount of time and should look at this as a launching pad for your career.

Advice to Management

Be transparent and place more value on your intermediate up and coming recruiters. Embrace their skills and help them develop their careers, instead of pushing them out the door to put money in a competitors pocket (who sees more value in them). Recruiting is just as important as Sales in any deal, one does not outweigh another. A Sales person doesn't equal a rockstar recruiter off the hop. BD is not more important than building a pipeline of candidates.

Pros

Having worked at Aplin for nearly a decade, I can truly attest to the strong collaborative company culture and the internal support for career growth and development. So much opportunity to make an everlasting impact. The recruitment team focuses on extending that positive impact among their peers, with their clients and with job seekers.

Pros

Working in teams
Large networks
Nice annual party
Family owned
Originally felt wanted

Advice to Management

Stick up for your employees and foster a good culture.
Share information openly
Be seen in the offices

Pros

Great mentoring and training. They give you the tools to succeed! Excellent work life balance.

Pros

Office looks professional, salary was given on time

Advice to Management

Be careful on hiring your own Recruiters. Focus on the skills required and not on the looks. Most Recruiters have no recruiting background which can easily identify during the interview process. If this cannot be avoided, provide proper training to your Recruiters.

Pros

Good working culture, average pay

Pros

There are some fun people on staff.

Advice to Management

Update your policies to present day, and you will attract better recruiters. Update your ATS system.
Get a training program in place for new people so that they don't flounder. Implement a mentorship program. Implement professional development planning and identify career paths for those who want to advance.

Pros

-very quick to find you a placement
-good pay
-very good pool of companies that they are associated with
-very supportive recruiters
-good/friendly group of people to work with
-David Aplin staff will send you "appreciation gifts" while in the company

Advice to Management

Keep an open relationship between employer and employee. Communicate better and assure employees what the current situation is, not leaving them waiting.