Search Recruitment - Dundee Reviews 5

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.7

Camperdown Street, Unit 9a, City Quay , DD1 Dundee, Scotland, GB


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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I would love to give Zoe Skivington her flowers for being so patient, prompt and professional. She also very nice and personable which makes the daunting experience of job hunting much easier. Forever... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Worked at persimmon job in Dundee east kingsway normal £22phr as a Telehandler operator on all sites. Make sure with all agencies you have text confirmation of rates & hours before you start. Also... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Search are entirely incapable of doing their job properly. Yet again, I have not been paid on time or for holiday hours. They don't answer emails and ignore any grievences you have. Definitely steer c... See more

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Paid in advance for two temporary members of staff (General Labpurers) for a two week period due to an increase in work load, a total of 78 hours. First week we had one lad turn up for 7.5 hours,... See more


Company details

  1. Recruitment Service
  2. Educational Institution

Written by the company

Search is one of the UK’s leading multi-discipline recruitment agencies, covering 13 different specialisms and operating from 13 offices nationwide. With over 35 years’ recruitment experience, we’ve built trusted relationships with over 6,000 clients and have expert knowledge in a range of markets. We have an extended candidate database of over 320,000 professionals, with an average of 4,900 job seekers registering with us each month and a successful hiring rate of 80%. Through our partnership approach, flexible delivery and ability to adapt to changing market conditions we match the right candidates with the right employers. It’s why people return to us time and time again – so you can trust us to get it right. We recruit for 13 distinct specialisms across the UK. Many of our consultants have worked in the industry they recruit for, so they have unique insight into market conditions, business needs and employment expectations. They understand what employers are looking for and what skills make candidates stand out. Our success is built on trust, expert guidance and realistic targets. That’s why thousands of clients and candidates every year have us as their recruitment agency of choice.


Contact info

  • Camperdown Street, Unit 9a, City Quay , DD1, Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • 01382 305 400

3.7

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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Big S/O to Zoe Skivington

I would love to give Zoe Skivington her flowers for being so patient, prompt and professional. She also very nice and personable which makes the daunting experience of job hunting much easier. Forever grateful to the team at Search.

August 26, 2025
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Thank you for taking the time to leave a 5* review about your experience. We're happy to hear we could help. Please let us know if we can ever assist you again.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Complaint

I went to search to help me find a job as I needed some extra support when finding one. For the first 2 weeks it was looking positive and likely they would help me find a job however this changed. I went on some temporary work where it completely knocked my confidence as the company who I worked for never even knew I was coming. I reported this back to search where I never heard back to why this had happened. I was told I would be giving an interview for some jobs but then never got anything back for times and days, to where I had to chase them up by emailing and phoned and left voicemails having to ask what was happening with the interviews. They said they would come back to me with details which failed to happen. I’m an 18 year old, who’s unemployed as I’ve just came back from travelling, so in desperate need of starting work and wanting to start a career, which I thought search would be a perfect company in supporting me to find a job and guide me in the right direction but sadly this never happened. I had hope in search to help me, as this never happened it has knocked me back a few weeks when trying to find a job as I had relied on them helping me which they strongly said they would be. Luckily I have a lot of family support helping me in my search of jobs, but anyone who doesn’t have this is I’d recommend to go with a different company.

August 30, 2024
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Reply from Search Recruitment - Dundee

Hi there, we're sorry to hear about that. If you could provide any more information we can try and make things right for you. Please email us at reviews@search.co.uk

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Telehandler & 360 excavator £22phr going rates plant operators

Worked at persimmon job in Dundee east kingsway normal £22phr as a Telehandler operator on all sites.
Make sure with all agencies you have text confirmation of rates & hours before you start. Also a blank timesheet to confirm all the hrs you worked.
Anywhere any time jobs, except Robertson group/ homes as they charge £140 rip off fee for in-house critical safety worker certificate, Morgan sindall do a in house test free miller homes do a free drug & alcohol test on every site. Robertson group offering the same jobs with multiple agency workers as they can’t find workers to pay £140 fees. Turning down 2 or 3 jobs a week for Robertson homes.

August 2, 2024
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Reply from Search Recruitment - Dundee

Hi there, we're sorry to hear about your experience with us. If you can contact us at reviews@search.co.uk we will be more than happy to address these issues and help get you some answers.

Thanks for getting in contact with us.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Avoid if you are looking for any form of reliability

Paid in advance for two temporary members of staff (General Labpurers) for a two week period due to an increase in work load, a total of 78 hours.
First week we had one lad turn up for 7.5 hours, 2nd week we had two lads turn up on the Monday, back to one lad the rest of the week. Into
the third week and we’ve had no one again this week.
No sense of urgency in the fact we have a program of work to complete and have paid them upfront to provide labourers. A total waste of time and money!

July 17, 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely useless

Search are entirely incapable of doing their job properly. Yet again, I have not been paid on time or for holiday hours. They don't answer emails and ignore any grievences you have. Definitely steer clear of this agency

March 23, 2023
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