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About Allen And Associates
Q: What is Allen And Associates?
A: Allen And Associates is the largest career management firm in the US, providing customized job search services to individuals and corporations
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Q: How long has Allen And Associates been in business?
A: Allen And Associates has been operating continuously for about 50 years.
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Q: Have you ever changed your business company name?
A: No, Allen And Associates has been operating continuously under the same name since 1960.
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Q: Have you ever changed your line of business?
A: In 1976, Allen And Associates switched from working with corporations exclusively, to working with individuals, and has done so ever since.
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Q: What is your complaint rate?
A: According to the Better Business Bureau (BBB), our complaint rate is less than 0.025% (less than one quarter of one percent) of our client base. Our goal is zero.
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Q: What is your success rate?
A: Effectively, it's 100%. This is because Allen And Associates is committed to working with all of our clients until they succeed. Due to the private nature of employment, salaries and the willingness of job seekers to disclose their source of hire, even the largest companies in the job-related businesses, such as Monster.com, have no solid statistics as to when and if a person has been hired through a particular source.
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Q: How long will it take for me to find a job?
A: Every search is unique. Our goal is to not only help you find employment faster than you would on your own, but find the right opportunity for you. Factors that could influence the length of a job search include: level of position, willingness to relocate, industry focus and compensation. The Allen And Associates program typically costs no more than 1-2 weeks of a job seekers salary. Therefore, if Allen And Associates can cut just a week or two off your job search, your investment has paid for itself.
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Q: What can I do to be successful using Allen And Associates services?
A: Use all aspects of the services and resources provided to you through your campaign, with an emphasis on “Follow Up” and networking.
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Q: Does Allen And Associates guarantee employment?
A: No company can guarantee employment.
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Q: Does Allen And Associates have direct relationships with decision makers in small, medium and large organizations throughout the country?
A: No. Allen And Associates has an extensive database of 1.5 Million small, medium and large organizations, with 2.5 Million contacts of decision makers working in those companies. We help individuals network, through our time-tested methods to introduce themselves to those decision makers.
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Q: Is Allen And Associates an outplacement firm?
A: Not a typical one. Typical outplacement is a seminar-like service provided to employees who are being laid off. Allen And Associates performs all of the administrative, writing and company research for you. We take a one-on-one, hands-on targeted approach, allowing you to focus on networking and interviewing. This way you avoid becoming a professional job-seeker
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Q: Is Allen And Associates a recruitment or staffing firm?
A: No. There are four key advantages to using Allen And Associates instead of solely relying on a recruiter:
  1. If a company receives your application through a recruiter, the company is obligated to pay a minimum of 20% of your first year’s salary. Since Allen And Associates is not a recruiter, Allen And associates does not charge the employer a recruiting fee. You are more likely to be chosen as the hire, since our approach costs the employer nothing.
  2. A recruiter will only have connections with a few companies; Allen And Associates has an extensive database of 1.5 Million small, medium and large organizations, with 2.5 Million contacts of decision makers working in those companies. We help individuals network, through our time-tested methods to introduce themselves to those decision makers.
  3. Using Allen And Associates helps you remove the middle-man and network directly to key decision makers.
  4. Using a recruiter, you are limited to only the position the recruiter has been given a requisition for. Allen And Associates can help you determine your transferable skills, and open your network dramatically using this approach.
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Q: Is Allen And Associates a Headhunting Firm?
A: No, "Headhunter" is a term often mistakenly applied to recruiters; unlike recruiters, headhunters work for the person seeking a position and are typically very expensive, charging 10% - 40% of a person's first year's salary as a placement fee.
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Q: Is Allen And Associates a retained search firm?
A: No, "retained search firm" is another term for recruiter, generally one that is acting in an outsourced human resources capacity, charging 10% - 40% of a person's first year's salary as a placement fee.
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Q: Is Allen And Associates an executive search firm?
A: No, "executive search firm" is another term for recruiter, generally one servicing executive level positions.
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Q: Is Allen And Associates an employment agency?
A: No, "employment agency" is another term for recruiter, generally one servicing lower level and/or temporary positions in a particular field or related set of fields.
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What is Career Management?
Q: What are a career management and marketing company?
A: A career management and marketing company works with active job-seekers who wish to find better positions more quickly than their competitors. We accomplish this by proactive research, customized marketing and direct networking to place our clients in a position to speak one-on-one with decision-makers. This process helps our individual clients to bypass the human resources screening processes, ahead of their competitors and obtain positions more quickly.
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Q: What is the difference between career management and recruiting?
A: Recruiters work for companies that are looking for people. Career management firms work for people that are looking for companies. Recruiters work with passive job seekers. Career management firms work with active job seekers.
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The Better Business Bureau (BBB)
Q: Is Allen And Associates a member of the Better Business Bureau?
A: No; however, we voluntarily conform to their standards of complaint resolution and communicate with them regularly.
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