weyes Posted August 21 Report Share Posted August 21 these days, a lot of job-seekers post their resumes on sites like monster and hotjobs for employers to find, hoping to get called in for interviews for jobs they didn't find themselves when searching those sites. here's a piece of advice for anyone who gets called in for a meeting from a prospective "employer": ask what the job is before going in.today i was duped into wasting a good chunk of time (which turned it into a bad chunk!) because i thought i was going to a job interview and was sorely mistaken. an insurance company called me yesterday and told me to come in at 1pm today. i figured they had an administrative assistant position open or something. when i arrived, there were about 50 other people there. we were taken into a room to watch a short video, then made to listen to 2 guys give speeches about this company, which seems to be part scam, part pyramid scheme, part maybe a real insurance broker - i'm not sure. but when i went to that company's website last night, the address to which i went today was not listed as a location. the building also didn't have a sign outside identifying itself as this company, unlike all the buildings in the video we watched. also, all the doors through which i walked today were labeled with other people's and company's names. and here's the kicker: they wanted us to pony up $100 for a "background check" before we could apply for "jobs" with them . seriously.and i really thought i had a chance today of getting a job. had i asked what job this was regarding on the phone yesterday, i probably would've been told it was "a great investment opportunity" or something like that, and i would've known not to waste my time and gas.tune in tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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