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The fountain group new blog

anasdeifallah — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 11:32:05 -0700

Please visit our new blog at http://www.thefountaingroupblog.com/

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anasdeifallah — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:23:25 -0700

Vicorsys and the fountain group

Algomod Technologies Corporation is a JOKE!

Carrie — Tue, 06 May 2008 09:27:40 -0700

I receive emails from this recruiter several times a month, actually received one today. The job of course sounds to good to be true. As the saying goes if it does then it usually is.
On one ocassion I replied to one which was a contracting position with AT&T. The recruiter replied asking me for my SS#. In turn I asked her why she needed it, and needless to say I never heard another word from her.

Just another scam

Gryffyx — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:27:00 -0700

Just another money laundering scam. The company itself looks real, but the job offer probably is not. Bad grammar aside, this type of deal is almost always fraudulent.

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DULWICH PICTURE GALLERY LTD,

I am unable to download your resume from monster...

Gryffyx — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:03:15 -0700

I'm sorry. This is just bad. It's clearly a blast-to-everyone email. This company may be 100% on the level, but it doesn't look like it from the unprofessional way things are written. Please, please, PLEASE!!! Don't run your business from a roadrunner email account. Or AOL for that matter.

Excellent Job Offer

Gryffyx — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:58:28 -0700

Adea Solutions, Inc
7701 Las Colinas Ridge/3rd Floor
Irving , Texas 75063

Another "Just as received" for the Ohio position, you'll notice the text is identical to the Hello Good Day posting. Internet job portal? Wow... This one is only 7 months instead of 8 months, even though it was received the same day as the Hello Good Day posting. I'm still not interested in short-term contract only positions. How many times do I need to say that?

Hello!! Good Day!!

Gryffyx — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:51:54 -0700

Radiants System Inc.
109A Corporate Boulevard
South Plainfield , NJ 07081
Tel (908) 548 -0700

Just as I received it. I'm not qualified for this position, and I clearly state that I'm not interested in short-term contract only positions. Another case of blast-it-out email tactics.

Automation Career Consultants - the Kirkwoods

sweng — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 05:55:51 -0700

This isn't the worst that has happened to anyone when it comes to recruitment, but hopefully some lessons will be learned here.

Ken Kirkwood of Automation Career Consultants is a technical recruiter in the Maryland area. He claims he is an 'ethical' recruiter. He is no different from the rest of them. I had several interviews, and most of the interviews had nothing to do with the type of work I told him I wanted to do. Let's just say I ended up with a job that I didn't like, I didn't do the kind of work that I wanted, and I didn't like the company at all.

Jewell & Co.

Gryffyx — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:41:07 -0800

The website for this company is a really slick looking legal services company, that doesn't sem to list any real or head office. The broken English seems to say something else is going on. Either way, I'm not planning on replying. This email came directly from the monster.com internal email system.

UGA insurance

Lydia — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:58:23 -0800

Just another word about UGA in case anyone is curious:

I accepted an interview with them. I have no interest or experience with insurance, and I do not have experience in sales.

The interview was an informative session, explaining why they are able to both provide optimum coverage for customers and also provide such lucrative compensation for agents.

"Real" spam emails and how to deal with them?

Gryffyx — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 14:57:54 -0800

Recently, I have started to receive a lot of emails that start out with something like "This may be a shot in the dark, but I'm hoping you may be interested in or know someone that is interested in this position..."

Cooking up a scam

Gryffyx — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:09:01 -0800

Just another scam job posting.

GEORGE WESTON FOODS COMPANY

WORK WITH US
7%-9% from each sale/resale operation! For instance: you receive 1000
USD to your bank account. You will withdraw the money and keep $70 (7%

What to do in such a situation

danoomistmatiste — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:14:15 -0800

Don't know if people have been in such a situation. This recruiting agency arranged for an interview with company A which I attended and shortly after (next day) was informed that they were interested in hiring me for a 3 month contract to hire position. The rates were discussed and I also signed the paperwork. Later this recruiting agency informs me that they were not sure of the start date due to some internal organizational changes in the HR dept of Company A (which had been bought over by Company B a few months earlier).

Remington International - Unethical Behavior

Recruiters to AVOID — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 14:33:50 -0700

This is my alleged experience with Remington International in the Los Angeles area:

Remington International took my resume from DICE.com and called me. I went in for a personal interview and met with several of their "children" recruiters. They operate like a paper mill, syphoning contact information from their "candidates" in order to make new contacts at other companies for the purpose of making money off other agencies hard-earned clients. Beware of this practice. It is highly unethical and not whatsoever standard practice by reputable recruiting agencies. Do NOT give out this information to these people.

Canyon Associates, NJ: Looking for feedback about them.

rosieny — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 18:42:11 -0700

Looking for info/comments/past experiences with Canyon Associates from Woodbridge, NJ. I have had really bad experiences with agencies in the past so I would like to get some more info about them I send them my info.

Pluggin' your zip code in!

Gryffyx — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 15:36:28 -0700

CyberCoders
42 Discovery
Irvine, CA 92618
info@cybercoders.com
ph: 866.421.0200
fx: 949.885.5150
Various recruiters

I received this email some time ago:

********************************

This is one for the "Um, I think it's real" files

Gryffyx — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:43:54 -0700

Shore Corporate Recruiting
Point Pleasant, NJ
732-295-1163
http://www.shorerecruiting.com/

I really wasn't sure that this was even real. It's not well worded, has a generic link to a social website, has an AOL address for the reply-to, and really just looks, well, phony. It does appear to be a real company, but I really don't feel like taking that risk. Except for the location, this is exactly how it came to me, stray colon and all.

Contractors I have Known (and blocked)

Gryffyx — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:26:59 -0700

Most of the job boards allow you to block certain employers from finding your resume. The reasons vary a lot, from you don't want your current employer finding out that you're looking for a new job, to the fact that some of the users of job boards are useless and generally make themselves annoying.

ACTUALLY A GOOD RECRUITER

HRPRO — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 23:30:38 -0700

GLOBAL TALENT SOLUTIONS, INC.
I HAVE BEEN IN THE MARKET FOR A NEW JOB FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. I FOUND THIS SITE AND HAVE BEEN READING ABOUT ALL THE NEGATIVE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING WITH RECRUITING AND SEARCH FIRMS.

pls be more keen

Gryffyx — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:53:35 -0700

Kritika Saxena
kritika@mindlance.com
MindLance, Inc
80 River St Ste 4A
Hoboken, NJ , 07030-5619
www.mindlance.com
phone 877 965 2623 X105

This is a good example of poor communication. I'm guessing this recruiter triggered on the word "embedded." I did use that word in the profile this listing came from, but in a completely different way. I have no experience with any of the items listed.

Kindly be submitting the details!

Gryffyx — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:14:59 -0700

Hurix Systems Private Limited
3rd floor, Simran Centre,
30/H, Parsi Panchayat road,
Andheri (East), Mumbai - 400 069.
India
Tel: + 91-22-66774888/Fax: + 91-22-6677 4899

Another Indian recruiter. This one was thoughful enough to include a lifetime supply of "Darr Full-Floating Portable Apostrophes" for my use.

General Employment Enterprises, IL location DONT DO IT

Regretful Recruiter — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:06:37 -0700

I work for General Employment and I want to worn the world please don't join them. The manager I work for is such a mean and uprofessional individual....The company will lie just to get $$$$$ they pay $300.00 a week as a draw against commission but guess what? You won't see a commission you end up owing the company several thousands of dollars. The placements are so far away you will never get ahead to see $3,000 commissions.

Magna Systems International - Troy, MI

drewzhrodague — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:56:00 -0700

3001 W. Big Beaver Rd.
Suite 310
Troy, Michigan 48084
Voice: 248-637-2400
Fax: 248-637-2900
Email: info@magna-systems.com
magna-systems.com

Young, Wealthy and FREE - SCAM

know-nolimits — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:46:36 -0700

Aren't you tired of looking for that "perfect job" with the great benefits, great pay, and no pressure. Well, I got very tired of looking and did something about it. Now I help other people develop financial freedom through home-based business opportunities.

Mutual of Omaha: How the mighty have fallen.

Gryffyx — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 16:37:16 -0700

Mutual of Omaha
John.Mazzini@mutualofomaha.com
Omaha, Nebraska (of course!)

Mutual of Omaha used to be a fairly well respected company. If you're over 30, you probably remember spending Sunday afternoons watching Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Always a treat, since the rest of the programming schedule consisted of Bowling, Golf, and The Wide World of Sports (Oh, Mr. Agony of Defeat. How many times must you tumble off that slope?)

The worst bang for your buck!

Gryffyx — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:59:31 -0700

I received this in my email a while back:

please contact me for possible interview / opportunity...
harrymccreedy@inservco.com

That's it. Nothing else.

Does this person believe that he/she is going to get a lot of responses? The company appears to be real, but this looks too much like spam. It was rescued from my bulk folder for that reason.

JEM Consulting Services - Columbus, OH

Gryffyx — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:52:42 -0700

JEM Consulting Services, LLC.
2101 South Hamilton Road
Suite 208
Columbus, Ohio 43232
614-322-1650 Ph
614-322-2824 Fx
www.jemcs.com

This company gave me the appearance of guys doing nothing but wanting to make a quick buck on your back. They lie to get you interested, and then play dumb and get mad when you call them on their lies. Probably the worst experience I've ever had with a recruiting firm. Don't bother going to the website, it's been under construction for years and has no actual jobs posted.

Indian Recruiting Scam?

Flecknoe — Fri, 25 May 2007 15:51:04 -0700

Myself, in Pittsburgh, and a friend, in Houston, have been receiving an increasing number of inquiries about contract/contract-to-hire/permanent jobs in the Technical Writing field lately from recruiters around the country that seem to be ACTUALLY based in India.

General Employment and the case of the Missing Subject

Gryffyx — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:42:49 -0700

Linda Neece
General Employment Enterprises, Inc.
88 East Broad St # 1450
Columbus, OH 43215
(614) 228-5192

Gotta love Linda and her crew. I've called once or twice. They won't tell you about any openings they have. You *HAVE* to come in person for a prescreen meeting. Can't do it over the phone or email. Too bad the hours are better than banker's hours. I never found it worth the time to drive 20+ miles into downtown to see them. Did I mention I'd have to pay to park?

Spam spam spam spam spam!

Gryffyx — Tue, 15 May 2007 16:35:47 -0700

Another spamtastic idiot. No qualifications for this job, and a line in my profile that actually says that I have NO interest in financial positions of any sort. It seems they can't read. I love the confidentiality notice. This email was blasted out via monster's anonymous system. Morons.