I had the best experience with Lauren Moor from Aston Carter. She was very professional and informative during the entire interviewing process. She was great to work with and provided amazing feedback during the entire process. I am very fortunate and forever grateful that Lauren reached out to me with my next career opportunity. I would recommend Lauren and Aston Carter to anyone in search of their next career.

While I’m sure that Aston Carter provides results for their jobseeking clients, I’d sum up my experience as a jobseeker like this: Lackluster communication, zero interviews, and zero results. I am an HR professional with about 15 years of experience, much of that time in leadership. In September 2024 I had a preliminary early-morning phone screening with an AC recruiter that seemed to go pretty well. I was asked to provide professional references, which I did, and then a Zoom call was set up for later in the day. This was to have a more detailed conversation about the position they were hiring for. And here is where it gets weird. Not even two hours before the call, that interview was cancelled. Why? Because the “first round of interviews were set up.” Well then why, that same morning, did they reach out to me in the first place? In the words of the Critical Drinker, don’t know. Not a great feeling. Anyway, now that I was a circle trying to fill a square shaped hole, all of their openings seemed to consist of “entry level” HR and payroll positions at subsistence-level salary rates. While they dutifully responded to my email inquiries, they were definitely not reaching out proactively. After five or six weeks of this, it seemed clear that I had been rejected from consideration even before I had been *IN* consideration. Very disappointing. Fortunately, I was able to secure a position on my own that met my requirements. Unfortunately, I felt like my interactions with Aston Carter amounted to a net zero. For that reason, it would be very difficult for me to provide a positive recommendation.

Finding a job has never been this quick and efficient. After communicating with Julia B for a little under a week I was able to find a job that I could start immediately. After explaining what I preferred in a job, Julia was able to get me into a field I had little to no experience in. Although its early, I thoroughly enjoy my new job and am happy I went with Aston Carter. Julia made sure to check up with me throughout the entire hiring process && we’ve already scheduled a time to meet virtually and discuss my feelings about my new position!