Career Builder, Monster, and All Those Temp Agencies...Do They Work?

I have been frustrated lately. After three months of living in Colorado Springs and registering with three different Temp Agencies, two of which I had “hooked-Up” with in Michigan, I have no results..........no jobs.....not even an interview!

My last company I worked for in Michigan.......a major Financial Services Company.........set me up with Spherion as my “official” outplacement resource. I met with a nice, helpful lady in the Troy, MI office, who after three hours “tweaked” my resume to it's current state. The value of a Resume vs Applications.....another discussion. Upon moving to the Springs, I registered with the local Spherion office.......to date zip!

In the past I had worked good jobs through Manpower, and SOS Staffing in Ft. Collins, Co and had success turning at least three or four of those “temp” positions into full time jobs! But alas, Manpower erased me from their entire HR System, and has no record of my 10+ years of employment or all the training I ever did. Bah!

Everyday, I get emails from my “Search Agents” on Monster and Career Builder. I send in resumes and applications several times per week........nothing to date. Many, even though the “agents” are supposed to be particular, aren't remotely connected to my search-background-education, or even interest.

Yesterday I went out “cold calling” on my own and in two hours found over 6 openings to apply for......none of which were in Career Builder or Monster.........even with agents set to look for those types of job openings!
So my question remains........are Temp Agencies and these On-Line Services worth any time or effort...................I think you get what you pay for these days.....they cost nothing, you get nothing!

A recent Sunday article in the CS Gazette, suggested if what you have been trying doesn't work.........try something new! DUH?

Spherion http://www.spherion.com/careers/career_center_home.jsp

Manpower http://www.manpower.com/mpcom/index.jsp

Career Builder http://www.careerbuilder.com/Default.aspx

Monster http://www.monster.com/