I hope someone gets to read my story as it has been very difficult and frustrating situation Ive had to endure while trying to find a job with Aerotek. I have been working with recruiter named Jacob Castor from the Orlando Fl office i had applied for the position of medical billing and customer service with their client Alere. completed my interview, background checks, and drug test. The day after I completed my drug test, I received a call from Mr Castor telling me that my drug test hadn't arrived yet so I immediately forwarded a copy of my urinalysis completed form to him to show proof, apparently some issue with the labs internet caused the delay. Jacob then said that it would be resolved and I needed to do nothing else. During this time I had been receiving unemployment benefits from my previous employer and continued to look for other work in the mean time. Towards the end of November 18' I was informed by my recruiter that I would have a start date of December 5. At this point I declined all prospective employers as I was promised by my recruiter that I had a start date. I also received a letter from the unemployment office that my benefits had been suspended due to Aerotek showing me as being employed by them. So fast forward to December 1st and I don't get a call from Mr. Castor. I waited an extra day and eventually called him myself to find out my work status. Mr Castor then tells me that the client, Alere hasn't reached out and he didn't know when I would start. I explained to him how much this would affect me as I'm no longer getting my unemployment benefits check to support my family while I waited for this empty promise of a start date. Mr Castor also informed me that i needed to confirm employment dates for a previous job I had so i personally drove 1 hour away from home to the IRS office to pickup a wage and income transcript to complete my background check. So it's now the end of December and Aerotek has yet to give me a start date and I'm still not receiving my unemployment benefits because Aerotek still has me and an employee and will not contact the unemployment office to make the correction. I've asked him and the recruiting manager (Jeannette Williams) to please help accommodate me with Alere or help find me another job but till this day I'm still waiting. This experience has been extremely exhausting and has put a big strain in my life financially. I'm at a point now that I may lose my car and unable to pay for bare necessities because of Aerotek's inability to do their job. I don't know if this message will get to the right person or if anything will be done for that matter but I do hope someone does read this and see the pain and suffering this has caused me and my family.