I received a phone call from a female named Tammy this morning about a Manager position. Stating that she found my resume on Career Builders, and she was still wondering if I was interested in a job because they had a job for me. I was a little excited being that I just moved to New York from California. Since its hard finding a job, I told my husband something seemed a little off, so I decided to goggle the address and low and behold I get this website, I think I will just stay home and not waste my Time. Thank You everyone who took time to post about this scam after all these years they are still at it but just switch it up.
They offered me a in uk I saw the post n I applied n they responded they say they nid 1000 rand 4 registration of imigration b4 they can send me a contract thank God I ddnt buy it their offer looked gud n my pastor tot it was real bt a scam watchout
I went as this was around where I live, it is a waste of time, first of all it a cat-call they have a office full of people that they are interviewing it is a telemarketing scan for ins. They will interview you for about 5 to 10 minutes and state they will call you for another interview if you made the cut.
The Facts: In California, American Income Life (NILICO's sister company) is the 51st largest life insurance company out of a total of 341. (See Exhibit 4b) http://alturl.com/6qv2x They have 145,871 policies in place. And they had 1.4 justified complaints per 100,000 policy holders. http://alturl.com/cbufd That's less than big names like Allstate, Hartford, Metlife, and John Hancock.
I responded to an ad on Craig's list for management, and then received an email about 30 minutes later that my resume had been reviewed and that they would like me to come in for an interview, and then gave me some dates and times to choose from. I was also told to set aside about 2 hours if I was chosen to attend their "business meeting" afterwards. I ultimately found out that it was NILCO.
Here are the telltale problems with this email/process everyone should look out for: (aside from the fact that they allegedly "reviewed" my resume within minutes of receiving it)
1) The email did not have a professional signature with the name of the company, contact numbers or any website information or link. Why? They don't want you to know anything about them until you get there...got forbid you google them and get to a site like this!
2) Why would a company hold a "business meeting" with select candidates the same say as the interview? Why? Recruitment tactic. Get 15 or so people in a room, hype them up and then divide and conquer. If 4 out of 15 candidates sign up, it was worth it to the recruiting manager.
3) The oldest closing technique in the book as any salesman will tell you is to close an appt by offering 2-3 choices of availability. That's fine for your clients, but be weary when a company uses the same tactic to draw you in. It's a deliberate set up.
Unfortunately, many companies are set up on a recruitment/MLM business model where they just keep turning over unsuspecting candidates with the promise of a new career. When in fact, they just keep recruiting and rectruiting because it doesn't cost them any money to continue hiring, but a percentage of new candidates will sell a policy or two (it's just a numbers game) and that's good enough for them.
I was also approached by companies like NAA and Unique Underwriters...it's all the same thing, guys. Just a bunch of timeshare salesman trying to benefit from your time and effort.
If anyone has started or is working for a reputable company that offers a descent future, please share it here. I'm sure many would be interested to know who they are.