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devnull
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Placement firms/Recruting firms

Hi guys,

I was approached by RDG Careers a few weeks ago. I had my 2nd interview this morning and was presented with the fee schedule....I got quite spooked... $5k to pay up front.

Is that normal practice?

Any comments on RDG?


Is it worth it?


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me@t k@tie
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Any recruiting firm that asks for 5k up front sounds pretty shady...

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FunkyCrew
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Registered: Feb 2006
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why do YOU have to pay? the recruiting agencies get paid by an employer once you are hired

def sounds like a scam!


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huh!

the company is the client to the aforementioned recruitment agency... you shouldn't be paying a penny (unless I've misunderstood what you wrote)...


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Registered: Sep 2005
Location: Aurora Borealis

HOLY SHITTY SCAM... run, keep away from them. Thieves taking advantage of a recession, assholes.

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I just ALMOST got sucked in to this scam - but thanks to visting this website, I now know what I suspected earlier today when I met with the Career Director, Andrew O'Brien at RDG International.

All reports posted to date match my experience of today to a tee. It is UNBELIEVABLE to me that this company continues to do business, and prey on the most vulnerable people out there - job seekers during an economy that is tanking by the day.

I wish some lawyer out there would seriously consider launching a class action suit against these white collar corporate criminals.

I started to suspect things were not right when the Career Director kept insisting that my boyfriend attend the second meeting. When he mentioned that fee structure would only be talked about at the second meeting, I told him upfront that I could not go into further debt right now, but would consider paying some service fee ONCE the agency placed me in a desirable position. Andrew O'Brien was totally evasive and told me think about the second meeting, and that he would follow-up with me next week.

Thanks to reading these consumer reports just now -- I will not be returning for a second interview. I consider myself a lucky one -- this company of scam-artistics and corporate thugs must be put out of business immediately!!

Wendy
Toronto, Ontario
Canada



Source and more fraud reports here


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Registered: Sep 2006
Location: Canada
Re: Placement firms/Recruting firms

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Originally posted by devnull
Hi guys,

I was approached by RDG Careers a few weeks ago. I had my 2nd interview this morning and was presented with the fee schedule....I got quite spooked... $5k to pay up front.

Is that normal practice?

Any comments on RDG?


Is it worth it?



Dude, those guys are shady, I have been in recruiting and have heard bad stories. I am sure they are legit and all, but anywhere you have to pay cash is usually a dead end with and empty pocket.


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The whole idea of a recruiting agency is to get you a job. You're looking for a job because you probably don't have one. If you don't have one, you probably don't have alot of extra money. Why the fuck would you pay 5k upfront for a job? You want a job that pays you, not a job that you have to pay for. This is SUPER sketchy.
If you go to any other agency, they'll interview you inhouse, then they'll send you to appropriate companies for particular job openings. If the company wants to hire you, they sign a contract with the placement agency for a % of your salary (depending on pt or ft).
You should NOT pay a cent. The only downfall for getting a job through an agency as opposed to finding one yourself, is that they get a cut of your salary for a probational period. That's it.


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All recruitment agencies that I know of make their money by taking a cut of the final contract. An agency that asks for money up front is almost surely a scam.

For the most part, anybody promising you a lot of money but demanding that you pay them up front first is probably scamming you. At a fundamental level this isn't that different from the Nigerian scams.


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pyramid scheme

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devnull
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Thanks everyone, this reaffirms what ive seen in the interview. They seem to proceed the same way for all clients, 2nd meeting the fee structure is presented and they recommend having your partner with you at the 2nd meeting.

Good thing I love my money and Im cheap! I didn't sign anything. When I decided not to sign, he got a bit pushy and threw lines like...people have to be able to make decisions quick lalala and then he pulls one of those get rich book and reads a line from it.

I've checked online and there seems to be other companies just like them asking for a fee upfront (ITS in denver). They market themselves as working for you, not the employers, hence the fee charged to you.

I asked the guy to send me a soft-copy of the contract thingie and what it includes so I can share it.


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