Recruiter-Rater

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.

JEM Consulting calls me and says they have a job that pays $X. They tell me a little about the company. It's in a very rural industrial park, which consists of two businesses. I decline to persue it, but we depart on friendly, "if you find something local, call" terms. JEM calls back about two hours later. (I had searched for the company using the small amount of information they gave me. There was only one that matched the parameters.) They say that the company likes what they see in my resume, and if they extend an offer it will be for $X+$2000. I say I'll interview. JEM tells me, don't mention salary, etc. during the interview. Red flag #1. Besides, I don't remember telling them to continue talking to this company. I wish that had occured to me at the time...

I interview, interview a second time while spending a day with them. They ask about previous salary ranges, and I pull out a resume, ready to discuss it, since THEY mentioned it, not me. They have an edited resume with no numbers on it. I give them a fresh copy. The salary numbers make the interviewers frown. Red flag #2!.The interviews go very well, however, and I even get treated to a nice lunch. A week later, I get a call from JEM, saying I have the job. I mention the money offer made earlier. No reply, just a "You need to come to our office." It's on the other side of town (30+ miles away) but they say they will stay late. I ask again about the offer. "No, you need to come in." I talk to a friend who dealt with contractors in a past career life. He says they will lowball me.

Red flag #3

I get there, and we discuss the offer. It's actually $X-$1000 a year. I tell them that I turned the job down when it was more, why would I take it now, and what happened to the $X+2k you told me about? They clam up and get mad, insisting that this was the "real thing" and a "good deal." I leave. By this time I am on decent terms with the owner of the company (it's very small,) and I call him. I politely ask what I did that made the salary change. He was rather suprised to find out that a monetary offer had been made up front. He says that since he's never had to hire anyone, he didn't really know the market. He only gave the contract company a range of salaries, of which $X+$2000 was the top, top, end. I also find out that the owner was contacted by JEM - they were looking for a salesman for another job. Since the owner is also primary sales, they contacted him.

JEM calls 30 minutes later, screaming mad. "You've upset the apple cart, the company doesn't want to speak with you again, etc, etc, etc." Basically every way of saying "You've F*ed Up" without swearing. I say Ok, no prob, sorry it didn't work. Another half hour, another call from JEM. "They've reconsidered." Sure they have, you didn't talk to the company at all, except when they called you to tell you what kind of idiots you really are.

I trade a few more emails with JEM, going nowhere. The company extends the offer to me without JEM in the middle, but I don't feel good taking it anymore. I decline, but get an offer a few months later from the same company. It still feels dirty, so I decline again. It's not the company's fault, it's a great little place. JEM just screwed it up for me. Had JEM not been involved, I'd probably be there right now, not writing this.

I can't get JEM to admit they ever did anything wrong. The only thing they would say was that "Maybe they overstepped their bounds a little." JEM kept insisting that it was a good deal, and that they were only here to help me. They would help me sell my local property, help me move, etc. I can only imagine the help I'd get from them.

The company I was interviewing with called them "Used Car Salesmen," and I apologize to all the used car salesmen out there. Some of you are just trying to make a living.

The buffons at JEM still call me every once in a while. They have some pretty big balls, trying to get me to help them. If they hadn't lied to me in the first place, I may be willing to do so. The last time they called, it was to pump me for information about what type of CAD systems the company I'm with uses. Sure guys, let me give you all the information you need.

I'm just waiting for them to call me again. I have some things to discuss.

Just as a note, there seems to be a JEM Consulting in just about every state, and Canada. None of them are connected as far as I can tell. JEM LLC is a purely local place.

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