Be Careful of Ajilon Finance

Recruiters at Ajilon Finance and Accountemps are sneaky salesman trying to pick info off your resume for sales leads to make commission. Here's how it works:

They post bogus (teaser) ads for jobs that they don't have so that job seekers can apply to or call the agency. The agency then invites the unknowing candidate in to fill out an application. Little does the job seeker know that these seedy recruiters just want to use you to get the names and numbers of your past supervisors so that they can solicit their services. Once they got what they want- see ya!

Avoid recruiters and apply directly to companies! If you've been on some interviews or found a job on your own- don't tell them anything. Don't give them any sales leads. Don't give them SH*T.

Right. Just bouncing from company to company and getting job order without ever placing people in them is the goal of recruiters. People are half the equation. Duh.

Actually I totally disagree, it's in the best interest of most recruiters to be able to help place someone in a job first and foremost.

ky in San Diego, California said: Actually I totally disagree, it's in the best interest of most recruiters to be able to help place someone in a job first and foremost.

Sure they need to place people to get paid, but they shouldn't waste a job seekers' time by placing bogus ads for positions they actually don't even have. They do this to load up on resumes to have applicant ready if the job should ever come up. But you could be waiting for weeks or months.

They also engage in a sneaky activity called "sourcing" that involves taking information about your previous employers including manager name and number and other info to fill your old job to make a sale/placement.

Therefore Ky in San Diego I think you need to read between the lines.

I agree, most recruiters are sleazy and Iview them the same as I ddo sleazy used cars saelsman. Job seeker beware! There are however, a few good recrutierswho have hight ethical stadnards.I found my current position through a recruiter. she was not with Ajilong, Robert Half or any of the big names that post jobs that do not exist to get resumes. When you do lcoate a good position, these people are calling your boss trying to sell them someone else while you are there. don't dare use these recrutiers if you are looking for a new job, they will contact your current employer, tell them you are looking and do their best to get you fired so they can fill the job. Honest and ethical recuriters are very hardd to find, they are like a needle in the haystack. The recruiters at Ajilon are calling my boos every month trying to sell them a new Accounting Manager. They also will also lie and say you are looking even you aren't. Hoefully your boss vlaues you as en employee and tells him or her, they are happy with who they have on staff. My boss told me Ajilon has called everymonth since I started there, once they found out where I was working. silly me, I let it slip at a CPE event. Never again.

I agree...I was caught in the scam...after the interview they wanted me to give them names and numbers so, they could call people i worked for and se if they needed anyone. the position i applied for was a scam....the ones who are posting in there favor must work for them...lol try it you will find out!

It's true responding to agency help wanted ads is a total scam. The're even worse than used car salesmen

We all need to get the word out to everyone- friends, family, and everyone else.

Tell everyone you know.........EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES ARE SCAMS!!! Don't give them any business!!!

R Diaz in Polk City, Florida said: Recruiters at Ajilon Finance and Accountemps are sneaky salesman trying to pick info off your resume for sales leads to make commission. Here's how it works:

They post bogus (teaser) ads for jobs that they don't have so that job seekers can apply to or call the agency. The agency then invites the unknowing candidate in to fill out an application. Little does the job seeker know that these seedy recruiters just want to use you to get the names and numbers of your past supervisors so that they can solicit their services. Once they got what they want- see ya!

Avoid recruiters and apply directly to companies! If you've been on some interviews or found a job on your own- don't tell them anything. Don't give them any sales leads. Don't give them SH*T.

They don't get paid unless they match an applicant with a job. So...maybe you are not a fit for their client companies. Maybe its YOU. If you had the stuff that their clients wanted they you would get a job - they don't get paid unless they place the people that come to them.

They could be faulted for not managing your expectations or they could be faulted for not being honest about their impressions of you or your background. Push them for honest feedback. Remember their clients pay the fee - not you.

Ajilon is one of the sleazy companies to work for. They are a "hire and fire" company. This is not a company to have a career with. They supply temp help and you are gone as soon as the contract ends. A friend of mine, who worked for them for awhile, had to sue them when they pulled a dirty trick. Stay away from them if you value your career.

I worked with Ajilon and was very happy with them.

Besides Ajilon, I have worked with Spherion. I rate Spherion very highly. If they are doing harm to me, I have not seen any of that YET.

R Diaz in Polk City, Florida said: Recruiters at Ajilon Finance and Accountemps are sneaky salesman trying to pick info off your resume for sales leads to make commission. Here's how it works:

They post bogus (teaser) ads for jobs that they don't have so that job seekers can apply to or call the agency. The agency then invites the unknowing candidate in to fill out an application. Little does the job seeker know that these seedy recruiters just want to use you to get the names and numbers of your past supervisors so that they can solicit their services. Once they got what they want- see ya!

Avoid recruiters and apply directly to companies! If you've been on some interviews or found a job on your own- don't tell them anything. Don't give them any sales leads. Don't give them SH*T.

OMG!! I had a recruiter from CBC Financial Services call me and tell me that they had a perfect job for me. The job? The literally read word for word my job description for a previous job with a previous company. I told the recruiter if the job was with XYZ Company then I wasn't interested. She told me that she couldn't reveal who the company was. I told her that was fine, I just didn't want to work for XYZ Company. She then asked me how I knew? I told her that she just read my job description for when I worked for XYZ Company!

I am so gullible. I actually thought that XYZ Company was simply using the same description. Duh.

OMG. A recruiter keeps asking me to go to their office and have an interview with her. She asks for SSN, W4, and all your top secrets, while telling you it is totally for the hiring purposes and they will keep it confidential. I was about to say yes and about to go. Now I am really hesitated.

Ajilon Finance is a consulting firm and hires people to do the consulting work. They are required by law to collect that information.

Diana Walker in Austin, Texas said: I agree, most recruiters are sleazy and Iview them the same as I ddo sleazy used cars saelsman. Job seeker beware! There are however, a few good recrutierswho have hight ethical stadnards.I found my current position through a recruiter. she was not with Ajilong, Robert Half or any of the big names that post jobs that do not exist to get resumes. When you do lcoate a good position, these people are calling your boss trying to sell them someone else while you are there. don't dare use these recrutiers if you are looking for a new job, they will contact your current employer, tell them you are looking and do their best to get you fired so they can fill the job. Honest and ethical recuriters are very hardd to find, they are like a needle in the haystack. The recruiters at Ajilon are calling my boos every month trying to sell them a new Accounting Manager. They also will also lie and say you are looking even you aren't. Hoefully your boss vlaues you as en employee and tells him or her, they are happy with who they have on staff. My boss told me Ajilon has called everymonth since I started there, once they found out where I was working. silly me, I let it slip at a CPE event. Never again.

It's a pity they didn't teach you to spell!

Career Hunter in Denver, Colorado said: Ajilon Finance is a consulting firm and hires people to do the consulting work. They are required by law to collect that information.

SSN + W4 at the interview stage? Hardly likely.
If you're actually hired then I would understand.

Buckwheat in Washington, District of Columbia said: SSN + W4 at the interview stage? Hardly likely.
If you're actually hired then I would understand.

OK, I will give you that. Part of the problem -- and why this thread started in the first place -- is that Ajilon "hires" you at that interview as a "consultant". The idea being that you are ready to go when they get an assignment that fits you.

But then they never call. So you are treated like an unpaid, unworking employee. From their perspective, I can understand why you would want to be able to send someone out on assignment with just a phone call, since all the paperwork is completed.

From an applicant's standpoint, however, it does seem as though they are collecting personal data that could put you at risk with no benefit whatsoever.

Career Hunter in Denver, Colorado said: OK, I will give you that. Part of the problem -- and why this thread started in the first place -- is that Ajilon "hires" you at that interview as a "consultant". The idea being that you are ready to go when they get an assignment that fits you.

But then they never call. So you are treated like an unpaid, unworking employee. From their perspective, I can understand why you would want to be able to send someone out on assignment with just a phone call, since all the paperwork is completed.

From an applicant's standpoint, however, it does seem as though they are
collecting personal data that could put you at risk with no benefit whatsoever.

I wasn't aware of that aspect of Ajilon. I've had several telephone conversations with them but I made it clear I would only meet them if there was a 'real' job in the offing. Although they might claim an instantaneous need for people, almost no job is filled that way "ASAP" nothwithstanding.

Under Maryland employment law, if you are unpaid, you are unemployed and eligible for unemployment benefits. There is no such thing as an "unpaid employee". You are either a paid employee or unemployed.

Bud in Glen Burnie, Maryland said: Under Maryland employment law, if you are unpaid, you are unemployed and eligible for unemployment benefits. There is no such thing as an "unpaid employee". You are either a paid employee or unemployed.

Amen!!

Wow!!!! I had no idea. I always wondered why the recruiters from Ajilon was sooooo nice when they invited me down for an interview & on the face to face meeting they were even nicer. I must have spent 2 hours there talking shop & then talking non shop. I walked out of there feeling like, "Yeah I KNOW this place will find me something". After a few days I stopped getting reply emails, stopped receiving return phone calls, in fact everything just STOPPED!!!

Well, NOW I KNOW!!!

GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEADS:

Recruiters are not in this world to get YOU a job. They are there to get job orders and match client's needs with their inventory of candidates. Yes, you are inventory. Get over it.

Do they want to know where you've been interviewing ? Yes.

Why? Two reasons - 1. so they can call that company and get a job order 2. So they don't embarass themselves and send your resume when you have already submitted your resume.

There are 3 ways that you will find your next job.

1. Ad responses

2. Recruiters

3. Word of mouth/networking.

70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED.

So ask yourself - how are you using your time in your job search.

I guess it's a business just like everything else.

Ziggie in Lisbon, Maryland said: GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEADS:

Recruiters are not in this world to get YOU a job. They are there to get job orders and match client's needs with their inventory of candidates. Yes, you are inventory. Get over it.

Do they want to know where you've been interviewing ? Yes.

Why? Two reasons - 1. so they can call that company and get a job order 2. So they don't embarass themselves and send your resume when you have already submitted your resume.

There are 3 ways that you will find your next job.

1. Ad responses

2. Recruiters

3. Word of mouth/networking.

70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED.

So ask yourself - how are you using your time in your job search.

70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED, sorry but I've been around long enough to have heard that one a ton of times & it's a sales pitch. Every recruiter & headhunter uses that same slogan. Even if it's true it's been used to death. I just had one call today, sounded like a great opportunity, so I gave my one caveat, "I'm not relocating". Oooops bingo that was the key. Recruiters are always eager to call & ask if you want to uproot your family & move to some god forsaken state & then when you balk they come back with, "You must not want it that badly then". Give me a break! If recruiters are not in it to get YOU a job then they need to stop advertising as if that's what they're trying to do & advertise themselves to companies & organizations not individuals because that's how it's peddled. You want to just fill open position orders for companies then advertise to them as a job filler not a job getter.

Ziggie in Lisbon, Maryland said: GET THIS THROUGH YOUR HEADS:

Recruiters are not in this world to get YOU a job. They are there to get job orders and match client's needs with their inventory of candidates. Yes, you are inventory. Get over it.

Do they want to know where you've been interviewing ? Yes.

Why? Two reasons - 1. so they can call that company and get a job order 2. So they don't embarass themselves and send your resume when you have already submitted your resume.

There are 3 ways that you will find your next job.

1. Ad responses

2. Recruiters

3. Word of mouth/networking.

70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED.

So ask yourself - how are you using your time in your job search.

Oceans11 in Aliso Viejo, California said: 70% of all jobs filled are NEVER ADVERTISED, sorry but I've been around long enough to have heard that one a ton of times & it's a sales pitch. Every recruiter & headhunter uses that same slogan. Even if it's true it's been used to death.

In a former life, I was one of those guys and we used a 50-50 published vs. unpublished argument when selling services.

I think the reality depends a lot on your geography and what level you are at. I can't imagine any Fortune 500 CEO openings being listed on Monster, just as I can't imagine a parking lot attendant at Home Depot needed a strong professional network.

Areas with a lot of in-migration like southern California will have more published jobs than cities like Milwaukee to where no one moves.

I can apply for a job on craigslist in less than 60 seconds, it takes 10-30 minutes on Monster/CB/HJ and calling someone I know professionally takes about 5 minutes.

I still believe if you cover all the segments of the job market you will get better results, but you still have to budget your time and resources accordingly.

Thanks CH, your reply was much more constructive & gave some insight I never thought of like geography. Now that makes sense why some recruiters push jobs in weird places.

Career Hunter in Denver, Colorado said: In a former life, I was one of those guys and we used a 50-50 published vs. unpublished argument when selling services.

I think the reality depends a lot on your geography and what level you are at. I can't imagine any Fortune 500 CEO openings being listed on Monster, just as I can't imagine a parking lot attendant at Home Depot needed a strong professional network.

Areas with a lot of in-migration like southern California will have more published jobs than cities like Milwaukee to where no one moves.

I can apply for a job on craigslist in less than 60 seconds, it takes 10-30 minutes on Monster/CB/HJ and calling someone I know professionally takes about 5 minutes.

I still believe if you cover all the segments of the job market you will get better results, but you still have to budget your time and resources accordingly.

I went to Ajilon to look for work this week. I sat down with the recruiter to chat. I told him that I had to cut my last job short because my out-of-town mother died of cancer. The recruiter asked me whether I planned to only stay in my next job for nine months. I was about to jump on the guy. No, I do not plan on my mother dying of cancer again, you son of a ...itch! I am still thinking of calling the guy and giving him a piece of me, the ...astard. Then he asked me how my last employer does its recruitment. I was shocked at how many snakes work in that environment. This will be my last agency.

went to Ajilon had appointment @ 11:00 with <Edited by Host: Name Removed>, at 11:05 <Edited by Host: Name Removed> says to receptionist, <Edited by Host: Name Removed> and i are going to lunch. A few minutes later <Edited by Host: Name Removed> comes to me and tells me that <Edited by Host: Name Removed> was having a problem with a client and had to meet with them to take care of the situation.<Edited by Host: Name Removed>didn't realize i over heard the conversation, about them going to lunch, i couldn't believe she would tell me that lie. you can't trust anyone these days.

As Barbara's experience shows, Ajilon has a dishonest mentality. A close friend used to work for them. When he was taken seriously ill and had to miss work, Ajilon tried to recoup their loss by filing a medical claim against him for $5,000. My friend did not now about the claim until he tried to apply for credit and was informed that a unpaid claim was on his credit report. My friend had to get a lawyer and threatened to sue Ajilon if the claim was not removed from his credit report. Ajilon finally relented and removed the claim because they knew the claim was unjustified, but it shows the untrustworthiness of the company. Steer clear of this dog.

In my eye Ajilon is a BS company, a front for something else other than a traditional recruiter or headhunter. I truly believe they take applications only to sell the info on some information market on line or something. On the phone they sound great, very encouraging, very authentic, into your needs & desires & willing to help. Once they have you come in & fill out the "application" their communication stops & they do ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!

Maybe they are a legitimate recruiting agency but they don't help "regular" out of work people. They may advertise they do & list comparable positions that are open but something tells me ultimately their just a wolf in sheeps clothing. Someone came on here obviously in their defense or maybe he/she even worked for Ajilon or one of those "like" competitors & explained, "Recruiters find employee's for their clients, not clients for employee's". Awesome answer so STOP advertising to the employee, advertise TO THE CLIENT ONLY!!

If I had been Vale Vacc, I probably would have punched the guy in his face.