Comments on: “Every job advertised on SEEK, My Career, and Career1 is fake.” http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/ The Power to write about the online recruitment industry Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:04:15 +1000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: david http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-1774 david Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:40:50 +0000 http://blog.onrec.com.au/?p=182#comment-1774 Take a look at this for proof about Gemteq's fake jobs, and possibly other recruiters too. http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1124414 Take a look at this for proof about Gemteq’s fake jobs, and possibly other recruiters too.

http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1124414

]]> By: Grad http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-319 Grad Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:05:53 +0000 http://blog.onrec.com.au/?p=182#comment-319 I went through a prograd assessment, and got accepted. The actual assessment day was nowhere near as bad as the forums make it out to be. We got water, and toilet breaks. Generally it was no different to any of the major company's graduate program assessment centres. I have not received a job from prograd, nor any calls about jobs (I received one call after the day, but it was for an industry I was not interested in) Every time I call, I get the same response. I'll email around the account managers and see. It has been a big disappointment. I know of other people who have got interviews from Prograd, and they have ALL been pure cold-calling sales roles. So I have come to the conclusion that yes, all of their jobs are fake, but I think that is obvious. I am also of the opinion that they do not have any clients, besides the ones that they bring on the day, and that ALL of their jobs are PURE SALES roles, not even the Business Development roles they claim them to be. Also it seems most of their clients are small businesses, I don't even think they place any people with the blue chip clients they claim to have. I only know one person out of my assessment centre who got a job through them, and it is with a small suburban IT company. They do not 'look after' their graduates. If you do not get a job from them within the first week or so, I would give up. I have been calling for about a month now. Although if you are looking to get some general interview experience, it is a good opportunity. Just dont bank on it for a job, unless you have a passion for a small IT sales related job... I went through a prograd assessment, and got accepted. The actual assessment day was nowhere near as bad as the forums make it out to be. We got water, and toilet breaks. Generally it was no different to any of the major company’s graduate program assessment centres.

I have not received a job from prograd, nor any calls about jobs (I received one call after the day, but it was for an industry I was not interested in) Every time I call, I get the same response. I’ll email around the account managers and see.

It has been a big disappointment. I know of other people who have got interviews from Prograd, and they have ALL been pure cold-calling sales roles.

So I have come to the conclusion that yes, all of their jobs are fake, but I think that is obvious. I am also of the opinion that they do not have any clients, besides the ones that they bring on the day, and that ALL of their jobs are PURE SALES roles, not even the Business Development roles they claim them to be. Also it seems most of their clients are small businesses, I don’t even think they place any people with the blue chip clients they claim to have. I only know one person out of my assessment centre who got a job through them, and it is with a small suburban IT company.

They do not ‘look after’ their graduates. If you do not get a job from them within the first week or so, I would give up. I have been calling for about a month now.

Although if you are looking to get some general interview experience, it is a good opportunity. Just dont bank on it for a job, unless you have a passion for a small IT sales related job…

]]> By: JJ http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-268 JJ Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:20:19 +0000 http://blog.onrec.com.au/?p=182#comment-268 Gemteq Executive are major offenders in this scam. They currently have a number of 'java' roles listed on seek and I'm convinced that not a single one of them exists (or has ever existed). Gemteq Executive are major offenders in this scam. They currently have a number of ‘java’ roles listed on seek and I’m convinced that not a single one of them exists (or has ever existed).

]]> By: Stella http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Stella Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:13:53 +0000 http://blog.onrec.com.au/?p=182#comment-178 I'd believe this. A few weeks ago I sent off an application for my dream job advertised by an agency on all of the above websites. I had more experience than required and matched all the specs, yet at the interview, my agent was extremly elusive and unwilling to give any further details about the role. I sais he'd tried to contact the 'client' that morning but to no avail. and preoceeded to ignore my enthusiasm for it. A week later I've only been offered other roles lacking the perks of the original. I left another agency to join this one on the hope of getting what no seems to be a 'fake' job. Thanks noname recruitment- you've cost me over a months pay that I can't afford to lose. I'm sure the I’d believe this. A few weeks ago I sent off an application for my dream job advertised by an agency on all of the above websites. I had more experience than required and matched all the specs, yet at the interview, my agent was extremly elusive and unwilling to give any further details about the role. I sais he’d tried to contact the ‘client’ that morning but to no avail. and preoceeded to ignore my enthusiasm for it. A week later I’ve only been offered other roles lacking the perks of the original.
I left another agency to join this one on the hope of getting what no seems to be a ‘fake’ job.
Thanks noname recruitment- you’ve cost me over a months pay that I can’t afford to lose.
I’m sure the

]]> By: craigvn http://geoffjennings.com/2008/06/every-job-advertised-on-seek-my-career-and-career1-is-fake/comment-page-1/#comment-130 craigvn Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:18:39 +0000 http://blog.onrec.com.au/?p=182#comment-130 "Every job advertised on SEEK, My Career, and Career1 is fake." Although (it is alledged) ProGrad take it to extremes, fake ads are something every job seeker suspects recruiters of indulging in. “Every job advertised on SEEK, My Career, and Career1 is fake.”

Although (it is alledged) ProGrad take it to extremes, fake ads are something every job seeker suspects recruiters of indulging in.

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