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I was leery accepting a temporary school psychologist position with Sunbelt Staffing after reading several negative reviews regarding  company practice. The school district I was placed in was a hot mess. I was the third school psychologist to walk through the door in less than one academic year. Big red flag for any professional. After a week I could see why. The staff were unprofessional, rude (profanity laced meetings/screaming) and completely ignored standard protocol and procedure for the special education process. It was like the wild west of special education. No rules, no procedure and no questions asked!

 I tried to communicate my concerns with Sunbelt Staffing, to no avail. My recruiter seemed to dismiss my concerns with a "hope you're up for a challenge!" I feel that once I was placed in the district I was out of their hair, so to speak. No first day follow up or week follow up. Nothing. Things went from terrible to worse at the job when I refused to take part in very poor decision-making on the part of the special education department. To make a long story short I left the position after being told to turn a blind eye to some grossly negligent practices on the part of admin. I sat through a meeting with six school employees who cussed at me, yelled at me and tried to force my hand to sign off on fraudulent documents. After leaving the position my recruiter sent me a nasty email stating that "I must hate kids and I am a selfish person." Not even interested in why I may have left the district. Very concerned about his loss of a commission.

Things to keep in mind 

-Sunbelt staffing in one state and your school district will most likely be in another- you will be faced with time differences when trying to communicate.
-Once you are placed, you are on your own. 
-Your supervisor at Sunbelt Staffing will not be a licensed in your field. He/she will not understand your professional needs/concerns.
-Pay seemed decent but benefits are expensive.

Pros: Coworkers are great. Very helpful and supportive. The company has a fun culture often having company outings including bowling and baseball games, as well as in office activities like pot lucks and halloween parties. Base pay and benefits are decent.

Neutral: The job is very repetitive. The work itself (calls/job posts) isn't difficult, but actually getting a hire is like an act of god. If you're a great salesperson who likes dealing with unreliable people all day, this might be the job for you! Commission is a lot of work for very little reward. It can take years to build up to a decent commission level. 

Cons: That culture I was talking about? They put the CULT in culture, for sure. Once you're hired, they walk you around to all the cubes so all the employees can tell you how "it's a family, everyone gets along great, this is definitely not fake!" Surprise! It's fake. There's a lot of drama, dishonesty, and favoritism behind the scenes. Management will basically tell you anything you want to hear to get you in the door. They'll tell you that they have a very low turnaround and as long as you hit your call/job post goals, your job is safe. Then they'll fire at least 2 people a month, every month.  They'll also tell you they value work/life balance, then after you're hired will tell you that they've never seen any one be successful putting in "only" 40 hours a week. Favoritism there also runs rampant and the rules apply to everyone differently depending on how immersed you are in the CULTure and how crazy your pod leader is. Spoiler: There is only 1 non-crazy pod leader. 

Good luck!

I had a similar experience as several others.  I was promised one hourly rate, and then Sunbelt did a "switch and bait".  When I received my contract, there were many serious omissions.  Among other things, the hourly rate was less than half of what was promised.  The pay was hourly, but there was no mention of how many hours each day/week/month was required.  I was told funds for a rental car for the remainder of the school year would be provided, but the contract provided a flat amount, which hardly made a dent in the real cost.  I brought this to Amber's attention, and asked for corrections and clarifications be made to the contract before I signed, She then became very aggressive and angry,  
I would recommend two things:
1.  Have an attorney look over the contract if you have concerns.  There are glaring inaccuracies and omissions, and I could see many problems there.  You are making a year-long commitment and have to protect yourself.
2.  Contact the management of the school or business where you would be working and let them know what has happened. I started with the person who interviewed me, and then call human resources. Both appreciated getting this information.  After all, you spent time applying and going through the interview process.  You worked in good faith with Sunbelt Staffing, and expected the same in return.  Sunbelt  relies on making money from these school districts.  Maybe Sunbelt Staffing will lose business, or clean up their act.
I turned down this position in the end, as I did not want to depend on a business that lacked integrity and honesty.

Having no prior experience, this position has made me a confident recruiter. 
Here are some bullets of what I think makes this position deserving of 5 stars
- Each member of the management has an open door policy - that I have used personally! They will each help coach/console/guide you in any way they can. Unlike other companies, they hire leaders who can lead, not just those who produce
- There are call goals - notice I did not say quotas. Management will not be breathing down your neck if you didn't meet your goal for the day for whatever reason. 
- Support. Everyone here is welcoming, friendly and willing to help or support you in whatever way they can. It's fantastic!
- Culture. There is such a positive vibe here. The management really puts effort into contests, games and events to keep things exciting. They give away real prizes too! Like $25/50 gift cards
-Potential. Staffing in schools is relatively new. You get to work with candidates and clients who may not even know you are trying to recruit them. They appreciate it more and don't negotiate as often. 
- You are helping students receive services and helping clients! It's not like you're recruiting passive candidates here. You are responding to applicants who are looking for a job and finding them one!

Sunbelt Staffing hires people directly out of college which may sound lovely, but this place is a CHURN AND BURN. They hire you on with promises of deals and wins, but these are school jobs and you are a recruiter. No one wants a school job nowadays and not with the ridiculously high margins we are set to meet. We manage these contracts the entire time the candidate works, this is not at all what I expected when I started. “Management” is also relatively young, team leads may have only been there a year or not even have enough deals to earn anything of note. They will put you on a plan if you aren’t making enough deals but this seems to only be for certain departments, there’s no uniformity in the company. There’s intense competition between sunbelt and its sister companies, you are all fighting over the same jobs and the picked through candidate pool. You WILL get screwed over, do not fall for this position, it’s not worth your time. Do not move to Tampa over this job cause the likelihood of you lasting is 50/50. It’s a game of luck and popularity. ALSO when you get let go or quit all of your current deals go to your team lead, making their desks grow on your loss, the wealth is not shared.

Leaving midway through February was the best thing I've ever done. The company is a complete churn and burn; don't let them fool you in your interview that you can advance. I started in July, and over 50-60 people had left/been fired in that 6-month span. The first week of training you sit and watch power points all day for a week. I honestly didn't use one thing from the hiring training in my day to day when I hit the floor. The job is pure luck. Schools never answer, and candidates never answer. It's pure luck in getting a deal; you have to rely on so many things to go right in a very short time. I often felt at times the "managers" gave me high school vibes since it's all young people who can at times be clicky. Every manager/leader has been there for max 2 years. There's no structure; it's a free for all. Don't even get me started on the virtual staffing part of the company. All they do is call the same leads the on-site people have and lie to them about virtual jobs available (THERE ARE NONE). This takes away from potential on-site placements because they have it stuck in their heads they can work from home. But guess what there's very few virtual positions. 

My assignment was matched perfectly with my experience and personal interests in my job. I worked with a student that I fit perfect with and was able to continue using Visual Phonics with in addition to ASL. I was able to work with a Team of Interpreters in a great working environment. The hardest part of this job was that on occasion I would go from my primary student with excellent ASL skill to a student with minimal signs or home signs. Although I have had jobs with some students with few signs, this one was older and therefore it was a challenge to match his language level with his grade level. It was much better when they got him a Signing Aide in addition to the Interpreter. So even with the challenge, we were able to work the situation to the student's needs. The most enjoyable part of the job was working with my primary student. Because her language was where it needed to be, I really enjoyed this job. The last year there we had Team Interpreters in the classroom and made the job a lot better for us and for the student.

My previous job was very diverse from speaking to the recruiters and helping them with their new contracted employees to speaking with the contracted employees and helping them with their requirements. I would call each state to see what their requirements were to work in a school setting. I would help place Occupational Therapist, Speech Language Pathologist, Deaf and Heard of hearing Therapist, to Sign Language Interpreters. I learned how to deal with each individual personality and find ways to help them better understand their positions. Management and co workers were very helpful and always expanded out their hand for any help. The hardest part of my job was not being able to know if their was going to be a steady work flow as it slowed down drastically. The most enjoyable part of my job was being able to walk in and have the warm welcoming from all my co workers and knowing if I have any questions or concerns I am able to go to anyone and get an answer.

The management suspiciously tells its new employees they won't be fired for low sales. They say exactly that or something similar several times a week. However, they let me and several others go without warning. They gave us two weeks' severance and showed us the door. Remember,  any commission you secure will go straight to your manager when they fire you. Also, this is a call center. They avoid using that term or anything like it however, it is a call center. You wear a headset and call mental health professionals for 8 hours a day during work hours. Most people are stuck on this call list and throw a fit when they realize it's Sunbelt. Your job is to find a public school that needs a therapist/behavioral health professional. These schools have a legal requirement to have these people at their school and face consequences if unfilled. Then you find a person to do the job they can't fill. After that, you get the school to pay an insane amount for the employee and give the employee as little money as possible. It's very sad. Your job is to exploit behavioral/mental health staff in the public school setting.

This is a sales job, first and foremost, and you are encouraged to use shady sales tactics. If you're ok with negotiating first responders out of more pay so that you can succeed, then I guess this is the job for you. If you like harassing the same people every day just to get your calls in, then I guess this is the job for you.

During the pandemic they insisted on everyone going into the office but did not enforce masks or social distancing, even when there were MULTIPLE confirmed cases of COVID among the team. We were put at risk in the name of productivity. There was zero regard for our health and safety.

Expect to respond to emails and calls on your day off and even when you are on vacation. Expect to write job posts outside of normal work hours. If you don't, they'll say you're not dedicated enough.

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