Tuttle Agency

If Dyane contacts you, forget it. She has no jobs, just a lot of fake promises.

I’m truly surprised at some of the reviews here. A friend recommended me to the agency when I was looking for work after graduating from college last year after a summer of no luck in finding a well-​paying job and a dwindling bank account.
After interviewing with the agency and completing necessary paperwork, I was working full-​time within a week and a half. I have been working at the same organization since then (going on 9 months). My counselor has gotten me a raise and generally has been pretty great.
I’m grateful for Tuttle, I probably would have had to move in with my mom if it weren’t for them!

I tried out many temp agencies in Manhattan and this is the only one that found me anything. I had a few one– or two-​day gigs at first, then they found me a long-​term temp job at a museum, which was great.
But that ended nearly 4 months ago and they have not found me anything since, apart from another one-​day assignment. I have regularly checked in with them and have not had one email or phone call in response.
Absolutely unprofessional.

I read these reviews and when I visited this agency I expected blood, murder & me-​ham!
I’m going to review this place optimistically based on my office visit experience. Sure it’s always a nice bonus to land that dream job but so many factors account for that happening that I can’t trash a place just because I don’t personally shine enough for them to find me a job. Besides I’m not paying for the job search.
With that said, the office was neat in the reception area with a visible large conference room that looked really nice. However, when you walk toward the back it seems the space is divided or partitioned for multiple recruiting agencies. I guess this helps save money but walking to Tuttle office was kind of like a time warp, the other agencies were in disarray but once inside the Tuttle area the office is very pleasant and neat. Recruiter I met knew her stuff and very professional.
I can’t see why someone would NOT want to try this place out.

My husband has been trying to use Tuttle for a year now. He was constantly being told to call back. They only got him one interview in all that time! At one point, his old contact person left and a new one came. She couldn’t even find his resume on the system. How are they sending it out if they don’t have it? Then she took his information and proceded to do that same exact thing. She would just keep telling him to call back. Finally, he applied for a job listed by Tuttle in a paper and they called him in like a fresh prospect. The new lady was much nicer but she hasn’t found him anything either.

I used to temp with Tuttle in the late 90’s — they were ELITE, TOP NOTCH and just wonderful.
Fast forward a few years and i’m seeing a plethora of legal WP/​help desk jobs — they use these positions as «bait» to get people in their offices to «register».
Uh, save your time and efforts — there are plenty of other high-​caliber agencies in town for your WP/​Help Desk jobs … save your metro money.

Tuttle is aka TURTLE Agency!
The recruiters never response to my resume submission by fax or e-​mail. They do not return calls. The calls I receive are monotone scripted format «we’ll give you a call should there be an opening.» No word after that which was in 2004!

Tuttle years ago, we’re talking around 2000 – 2001 was a decent temp agency, but things have changed for the worst. I used to be a temp there and had gotten some interesting and well-​paying gigs. However, when i signed up with another agency, I was constantly working so I never checked in with them.
Last summer, I thought, «oh, what the heck» and gave them a call. I was connected to a «bright young thing» on the phone. I gave her my name, she looked me up on the database and we chatted for a bit. I could hear her taking notes about what fields I was interested in working in and fields that I wasn’t interested in. Having once temped at a financial firm– complete with screaming execs who threw things at temps, I never want to work in that field again.
Anyway…we talk, I’m sent a URL for their testing systems– which doesn’t work, and when I call up to ask if there’s something wrong, I’m told that it works only half the time! Nice way to waste an afternoon and get frustrated.
I make an appointment to go in and re-​test etc., First I meet with the BYT. She proceeds to talk about financial temping, I interrupt her to tell that we had talked about that on the phone remember? I guess looking back she wasn’t taking notes, she was figuring out her lunch order.
She then offers me a temp position, and asks me questions. As I reply, I notice that she’s making faces to another recruiter and nodding her head towards me. I keep watching them, fascinated by the junior high behavior. She then decides that she doesn’t want to give me the temp job, My jaw drops. I’ve never in my life been offered a position and then have it taken back in a few seconds. She ushers me into the computer testing room.
I start to test, then I said the hell with it. She’s been rude, childish and unprofessional since she opened her mouth. I get up and leave. I tell her that she’ll probably never offer me anything because she’s been so nasty to me and walk out.
I go home and write an email to the president about the entire interview process.
The next day she calls me to apologize,. she was so stiff on the phone, I assumed that she was under duress. I interrupt her apology to let her know that I don’t trust her and I’m not interested in working for them after what happened.
So, what does she do? She starts screaming at me.
I hung up on her.
Go there at your own peril

you dont tell someone who quit their job BEFORE the recession that they ‘shouldn’t have quit their job, get something lined up first, there’s a recession and its hard!’
This is nasty advice to give someone who is out of work during a recession.
They tried to get me to take a job in NJ which would be paying for two forms of transportation, and it was only 30k. this is unacceptable for a 25 yr old college grad with a great work history.

The only reason I went to Tuttle is because my company partners with one of divisions and I knew the people there. So when I went to them, I told them I left my current employer and i needed to work. They refered me to this top guy name and I also spoke to another recruiter, as well, who handles financial clients. Now I personally know the president of the hospitality division and she said she will make sure I will start working soon. So far, i went through the interview process, took all the necessary office tests (excel, word, typing, powerpoint) and I have done really well on them. I am upset with them so far is because the president told me he has two job opportunities, both in the accounting field and they were both temp; he asked me if I was interested and I said of course. And that was last week. I haven’t hear from them since and its frustrating when people promise you a job but there is no follow up. I mean, I heard good reviews about them but if there is no job for me, just say that so I can stop wasting my time.