Experiences at ChemPoint

A recruiting service. West Coast Careers

Take a good look at what it is that you are doing and make sure you are happy.

That you should not settle for a job and if you are unhappy than you need to speak up .

Overall...Chempoint treats their employess great. They offer a lot of perks that seem great at first, but in the end are trvial (all the free food/drinks you can consume).

The overall best aspect of working there was the other team members. Everyone is close to the same age and seems to get along fairly well....

Motivation. It is hard to become motivated within the environment that is provided.

Dealing with the management. There is no HR department directly within Chempoint (It is outsourced to the parent company Univar) so when an issue arises, you must deal with your direct manager. Managers are sales driven and do not have the HR abilities to reason or deal with employees on a rational level....

The office is really a polished call center...so pretty much, depending on what team you are on, you spend most of your day on the phone either selling or dealing with customer service issues. As an industry representative it was my duty to try to sell more product and "organically grow" the division....

Be confident in your answers. The ability to sell yourself will get your noticed.

As the Recruiting and Communications Specialist here I focused on staffing and recruiting business proffessionals for Customer Service, Sales, and Intern positions. I developed a wide array of interview and assessment skills, learned how to effectively source candidates, and became skilled at organizing and maintaining candidate information. In Communications I facilitated all corporate communication for our company of over 170 employees. I did this through a company-wide intranet designed to bridge the communication gap as our company grew. I was also involved in the building of a new website for the company, where I learned content editting and project management skills. I thoroughly enjoyed my tenure at ChemPoint and am sure the company has a bright future ahead....

We have a saying at ChemPoint: "The team hires the team."

As a peer-driven organization that emphasizes team dynamics, we realize that every new team-member shapes our company culture in some way. No one knows what it takes to accentuate our culture more than our existing team and we leverage that knowledge in every way. Our interview process involves a job shadow with one of our team members and several peer-based interviews....