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Autism and recruitment consultants

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Besides job centres, we can also turn to recruitment consultants for assistance, right?

However, some agencies may prioritize helping individuals pinpoint jobs rather than with those who have disabilities. I came across First Choice Recruitment, which operates in my area.

Lastly, there's Duncan Munro, an independent recruitment consultant. However, his email address is no longer active, and the only contact information available is a mobile number. Because of this, I'm unsure if he's still in business or even legitimate.

Parents

  • Reviews of First Choice are not looking great:

    https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/firstchoice-uk.com

    Lots of 1 star reviews about non payment, being a scam etc. I would avoid them on the basis of these reviews.

    I've worked with and for recruitment agencies many times and always found that the service you get very much depends on the agent you get. If they understand autism and have the time to spend with you then it can be a great thing, but most are focussed on making money fast and this needs them to get low needs candidates (typically neurotypicals who know how to interview well) and who are much more likely to last in a job (since they lose their commission if the candidate does not last more than about a year typically).

    I don't see Duncan Munro in a recruitment capacity on LinkedIn which is a bit of a red flag as this is the go-to place for networking in recruitment.

    I've come to expect recruitment consultansts to be cowboys unfortunately and I've rarely been dissapointed. Even the good ones get tempted by the big bucks they can make by bringing the right candidates quickly.

    When you are a good candidate you get tempted with shifting from job to job once the minimum time is up because they have a better salary to offer somewhere else. If you are fine with the constant change and decent money then it is OK but I don't think this suits many autists.

    Out of interest, what sort of support do you want to find from recruitment consultants in relation to autism?

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  • Reviews of First Choice are not looking great:

    https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/firstchoice-uk.com

    Lots of 1 star reviews about non payment, being a scam etc. I would avoid them on the basis of these reviews.

    I've worked with and for recruitment agencies many times and always found that the service you get very much depends on the agent you get. If they understand autism and have the time to spend with you then it can be a great thing, but most are focussed on making money fast and this needs them to get low needs candidates (typically neurotypicals who know how to interview well) and who are much more likely to last in a job (since they lose their commission if the candidate does not last more than about a year typically).

    I don't see Duncan Munro in a recruitment capacity on LinkedIn which is a bit of a red flag as this is the go-to place for networking in recruitment.

    I've come to expect recruitment consultansts to be cowboys unfortunately and I've rarely been dissapointed. Even the good ones get tempted by the big bucks they can make by bringing the right candidates quickly.

    When you are a good candidate you get tempted with shifting from job to job once the minimum time is up because they have a better salary to offer somewhere else. If you are fine with the constant change and decent money then it is OK but I don't think this suits many autists.

    Out of interest, what sort of support do you want to find from recruitment consultants in relation to autism?

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  • in reply to Iain

    At least I'm doing research at the moment rather than connecting with an agency. I just want a place or person who has connections and understanding about a person who is on disabilities that can pinpoint to get into a job role and able to get my foot in the door without all this crap that comes with it.

    Like the old days you walk in ask for a job and then meet with the boss and BANG job in place. But it's not as easy as that anymore and I feel like going in cyles.

    When I go via the job centre (had a meeting last week with them) they end up going through things that may help but I still have to do things myself, they made it look good for themselves as me as a number rather than saying what jobs there are and they can help to connect me with that job place. 

    Ended up talking about, Disability Confident, Access to work site, National carers services and doing the skill assessment, listed the government help site and health event spring event they got going on the 10th,

    Reading reading reading, and looking into things but then no job at the end? 

    What I would love to have, is someone or a company that understands autism who has the right connections who can contact places to say who I am and then get my foot in the door, as of now I have to do it myself and it's not easy doing it yourself who is also autistic and never had a job with nothing to say on the CV. My CV is bad nothing to add down.

    I can work, I want to work. I have downs and ups as we all do, Autistics person also.

    Going in cycles, even jobs that I try and apply for, never hear from them, no response nothing. Applying online at times feels not right, in terms of not the same going and seeing and talking to a person