S2hr , science RO , cv-selector , CV select, VERY DODGY!
AnonO
companies, these being a recruitment consultants called s2hr also
known as Science RO and secondly a cv formatting company called CV
select or CV selector. After finding an interesting job advertised on
TotalJobs.com I sent my CV off to the recruitment company in question
(s2hr). A few days later they got back to me and said they thought I
would be an ideal candidate for the job but they thought that my CV
was not of sufficient quality to put forward and they recommended that
I get it professionally reformatted.
I was very surprised by this as I'd spent a lot of time preparing my
CV and was very pleased with it's contents and format. S2hr then told
me that they could arrange for my cv to be reformatted using a company
called cv slelector, they put me through to this company on the phone
and they explained that they normally charged £99 for their services
but that because I was coming from an agency the agency would pay most
of the fees leaving me to pay £39. They went on to explain that this
£39 would be refunded to me as soon as I got an interview for a job
through the agency. They refused to give me any examples of their
formatting service using the reason that I would simply be able to
copy their work. They then explained that when I payed for the service
my CV would be reformatted within 24hrs and immediately supplied to
the recruiter (s2hr) but that I would not receive a copy until 1 month
later so that the agency had a head start in finding me a position.
I was very sceptical about all of this and my immediate reaction was
that the companies were likely to take my money and not be heard of
again, I was sceptical that the job in question even existed. I should
have stuck with my first instinct. The recruitment company called me
back later in the week and used some basic sales tactics telling me
that they were supplying 5 cv'c to their client and that they had 4
and would very much like to use mine as the 5th as I was well suited
to the role. After pondering my position for a while I eventually
foolishly decided that I could afford to loose £39 and take the gamble
that their was actually a job as the job spec was perfect for what I
wanted. After giving then my credit card details it's perhaps not
surprising that I have not heard a peep from s2hr since. Over a month
later I had also not received my 'professionally reformatted' CV from
cv selector. However after a email to the company I did get my CV and
needless to say it was of very poor quality. My original cv was far
improved, their work essentially involved adding a cover sheet to my
cv and changing the fonts. Absolute rubbish.
My advice is not to use these companies but you can read my experience
and make up your own mind. Some interesting information I've dug up
about the company registered as 'CV select':
CV select registered to this address:
CV SELECT LIMITED
4 Esher Avenue
WALTON-ON-THAMES
KT12 2TA
PHONE: 01932 886 731
CV select registered by a David Michael Nield who resides at the
address above along with a Benjamin Nield, Jennifer Lynn Nield and
Adam Nield. David Nields mobile number is 07886 483 670.
All the information above is available freely on the internet if yo
know how to get access to such details, I'm just bringing it together
for convenience. I hope it is helpful for someone. Unfortunatly I
can't find any detilas about s2hr company as it is not registered (at
least underthat name) but I strongly suspect a link between the 2
companies based on my experience. Use these companies only if you are
happy to loose your money!
tho...@gmail.com
hi, ive been the victim of such a scam-any thoughts on what could be
done? thanks
LAXMI8...@hotmail.com
one, they sounded really convincing and after talking to a few of my
friends they had been taken for the SCAM as well.
Well I'm not letting it go that easy I'm looking to recover my money,
not for the money (although as a jobseeker every penny counts) but to
highlight the problem and make sure others dont fall for the trick,
I've not even recieved a copy of my CV and its been over a month now.
I'm not going to chase them for it, just ask for money back on the
grounds that the service stated was not provided on time and still
waiting.
I dont want the CV because apparently everybody's is exactly the same
layout and format and that recruitment consultants are recently
letting the jobseeker aware of the scam as they are seeing exact
copies of same CV's being sent to them.
Will keep posted how far I get.
tho...@gmail.com
God-Damn right about that-they did sound convincing-esp the moronic-
sounding 'Owen', whose number is: 02083 137481, feel free to leave a
message of abuse :)
I have also rung up David Michael Nield who is the original owner of
the real cv selector, lovely man, he said many people have rung him up
over this, but it isn't him, because they keep changing their
identity, so he would love to know if anyone does actually get them...
Was the account from cv select: chislehurst by any chance, anyone? it
says it on my account statement.
Yes, i am a graduate and jobseeker, and i ain't laughing.
i am putting a block on my card, and have asked my bank to recover the
money from me, on the grounds of fraud.
I have sent them email after email, and have stopped being polite to
them, now demanding. I have also reported them to the police via email
today, so i will let you know what they have said..
what have you guys done?
yingg...@googlemail.com
tried to search s2hr online and what i've got is this page!!! i got a
phone call from 'Owen' as well...and he gave me the same number...his
working area sounded busy and made it convincing! damn it!
Can anyone tell me what can i do right now? I am not a UK resident and
I am only a final year student looking for a placement..so i don't
really know what to do next except talk to police..
Martin Gregorie
--
martin@ | Martin Gregorie
gregorie. | Essex, UK
org |
liptr...@talktalk.net
This is very interesting.
I became involved in the same scam, but I am a bit dubious about the
web anyway, and the S2HR people's patter sounded, well, just like
patter. I was grossly offended at the suggestion that my CV was
"basic" and pressed them on how they would improve it but got the same
bull as is being described here.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, I reported them to everyone I could
think of: Trading Standards, Advertising Standards Authority, BBC's
"You and Yours" Programme, The Fish4jobs website administrators.
The upshot was that the job adverts were pulled pending an
investigation. They have not reappeared again as yet. It's a bit
disconcerting to think of how many of these "agencies" are covers for
little shitsters trying to make a buck out people's attempts to better
themselves.
Hopefully, as I write, the Nield family and their friends are getting
ready for their court appearance to answer charges of fraud - but I
doubt it somehow.
Fortunately I didn't part with any money, and I hope those who did get
theirs back, with a little extra for their trouble.
tho...@gmail.com
they have sent my formatted cv back-not worth it for 39 quid
yesterday, after a month! The only reason i got it back was becaus i
sent them literally, over a hundred chain emails
Fools-ten quid says they'll take fornever to coach me and put my
through for their phony position!
AnonO
and pleased when I just logged on to see the number of posts. This has
now brought this thread to the top of the page in a google search for
s2hr and I hope that 'publicity' will at least prevent others from
getting their fingers burnt. I urge anyone else who comes across this
thread to contribute for exactly that reason!
It's not clear whether the Nields are the owners of the CV select
business based on the above account but since David Nield is the
registered owner of the company at Companies House (where companies
must be registered by law) I suspect his denials to be a ruse. At the
very least if he has sold on the company or it's name he would know
who to and there would also be a record of a new owner at Companies
House.
What has been the response by the police to those that have contacted
them? I have yet to do this but if the police require more complaints
before they do anything then I'm there!
Power to the people! ;)
harji...@hotmail.com
Well it seems am not alone in being robbed of £39! I too have spoke
to
the famous Owen and had a gut feeling i was being done but didnt go
with my instincts!
It seems people read this page when it has happened to them and they
dont do it before. Owen did leave a work number with me being
02083137481 and 08700843400. After calling the latter moments ago i
was advised owen was off sick by a dumb receptionist who refused to
give me her name as apparently they work for the government and it is
"sensitive information". I instead insulted her before hanging up
realising i had been done.
What annoys me even more is that these losers have our personal
details like addresses, phone numbers etc and i dont know how they
managed to get our details via totaljobs.
What can we do? any chances of a refund?
hely...@hotmail.com
Hi - I too have been scammed. I suggest to everyone to report this to
trading standards -
AnonO
David Nield and it's now clear that he is NOT associated with cv-
selector, s2hr in any way. David Nield owns (and has registered at
Companies House) a company called CV select but crucially this is NOT
the same company as cv selector! It seems that he is now having to
contemplate changing the name of his company because quite a few
people have jumped to the same conclusion as me.
It seems that neither S2hr, Science RO or cv-selector are registered
companies so I can't find out who owns them. The only information I
have been able to find out about these companies is that there domain
names were purchased through a company called Tucows. If you use the
TUcows whois site (http://resellers.tucows.com/whois) then it won't
return any information about the registrants details at this time. If
you have any luck with this avenue of pursuit then please let me know.
Apologies to David Nield for incorrectly associating him with this
scam.
Roy Brown
AnonO <anonbiggi...@yahoo.co.uk> writes
The best Whois I have found is at:
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptwhois.asp
You may well find it more helpful than the Tucows one.
--
Roy Brown 'Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be
Kelmscott Ltd useful, or believe to be beautiful' William Morris
S2HR
amazed to come across this thread on a Google forum.
>From reading your comments I'll try to do my best to answer your
questions and set the record straight.
First of all we are a genuine recruitment agency that places
candidates with a number of clients all over the UK. We operate in
exactly the same way that many other agencies operate, in so much that
we place our clients vacancies on various internet job boards and rely
on a satisfactory response from applying candidates before
scrutinising each individual application. Now, it would be fair to say
at this point that from here onwards is where we differ from the
majority of agencies, in that we are 100% honest with our candidates.
For example if a candidate is not entirely suitable for the post they
have applied for we will let them know. Furthermore we will let the
candidate know exactly why they are unsuitable for the post. Several
years ago I took the approach that we should always give our
candidates feedback, even if it's not necessarily what the candidate
wants to hear. It's simply not good enough for us to tell a candidate
that they are going to be put forward for a role just to get them off
the phone (like so many agencies). To refine this point further we
often have candidates apply to our posts that are 60-80% suitable for
the role but maybe lacking in one or 2 key areas that are not beyond
improvement and here we reach the point of my intervention to this
thread - CV's. Without going into the in's and out's of each
individuals CV on this thread we will sometimes recommend to certain
candidates that they'd do well to have their CV professionally
reviewed and possibly re-written. We know very well that a candidates
CV is the 1st impression a client will have of them and that it
cannot, in anyway, be sub-standard. In the past we have forwarded the
details of several different CV specialists but over time we have
refunded that list down to just 1 or 2 companies that we feel offer
genuine value for money, one like CVSelector. They are not the biggest
company in their field and are without a doubt not the most expensive
at £39 (most companies charge upwards of £100). Furthermore they've
allowed us to work with them by opening up a trade account,
effectively allowing us to refund our candidates their £39 once we
secure them an interview for any of our roles, regardless of whether
they actually go onto get the job in question. To date we have
refunded many candidates that have been very, very happy with
CVSelector's "refreshed" version of their CV. Many feel that they only
started getting to interviews once they'd started applying for roles
with their new CV. Also on this topic - we as an agency do not (make
that cannot) charge candidates ANY money, only CVSelector have that
facility. We simply ask our candidates that want their CV's looked at
to contact CVSelector directly or on occasion we will transfer a
candidate through to them.
It's worth mentioning that if a candidate is not interested in getting
their CV looked at we are just as happy to continue working with that
candidate until we place them. Obviously we cannot place every single
candidate that registers with us but we will always be 100% honest
with them.
On a couple of other separate notes: If any of you are genuine
candidates of ours then please note that we are currently relocating
office and our phone lines have unfortunately been brought down by BT.
Please contact us by email on in...@s2hr.com or call our main number
and leave a message and we will get back to you. Our new lines should
be fully operational by the end of the week. Please accept my
apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
AnonO - You should be very careful when posting individuals personal
details on the internet. I can confirm that Mr David Michael Nield is
in no way connected to S2HR and from contacting CVSelector about this
I am led to believe he is also nothing to do with them. I would not be
surprised if you have breached several laws in your initial posting on
this forum and would advise you against such foolishness again.
Furthermore from searching the internet I have noticed that you have
posted exactly the same thread on several forums (oddly not all
connected to recruitment), each time posting Mr Nield's personal
details. I think you would do well to contact those forums and ask
them to remove your comments.
So to recap: We are a genuine recruitment agency and CVSelector are an
entirely different organisation. We make our living by placing good
candidates in work and not by recommending a 3rd parties CV Service.
I would like to think that this has answered many of your questions
however should ANY candidate wish to contact me to discuss this
further then please email me at in...@s2hr.com
maff...@googlemail.com
someone claiming to be from Alderbridge (a real reputable company)
saying my skills are perfect for a job they have and the employer is
happy with what I can do but doesn't like the way the CV is laid out
and they are picky about it. She then said they have an account with
CV Select, it's normally £99 to get it re-laid out but they have an
account and they can get it for £39 and that wil be refunded once I
get the interview secured which is almost guaranteed.
I agreed as I'm in desperate need of a job at the moment and I figured
anything would help.
She then put me on hold but it came off hold and I heard her having a
conversation with someone from CV Select, looking back now, I was
meant to hear that conversation as they went over how much I'm saving
etc.
I then got put through and they took my card details off me, I also
paid an extra £12 to get the CV sent to me within 7 days rather than a
month (£51 total).
The next day I got an invoice from them. then I got an email (genuine)
from Alderbridge saying I had not got a job I'd applied for, thinking
it was the one over the phone I sent a nasty email back (which I
shouldn't have done as it wasn't their fault!) saying what had
happened.
I've just received a phone call from Alderbridge to say they've never
even heard of CV Select and it looks like I've been a victim of some
sort of Hoax
Does anyone know how we can get our money back from these scammers?
£51 is a lot to me
Shame Watchdog has finished for the series
maff...@googlemail.com
harji...@hotmail.com
> and leave a message and we will get back to you. Our new lines should
> be fully operational by the end of the week. Please accept my
> apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
>
> AnonO - You should be very careful when posting individuals personal
> details on the internet. I can confirm that Mr David Michael Nield is
> in no way connected to S2HR and from contacting CVSelector about this
> I am led to believe he is also nothing to do with them. I would not be
> surprised if you have breached several laws in your initial posting on
> this forum and would advise you against such foolishness again.
> Furthermore from searching the internet I have noticed that you have
> posted exactly the same thread on several forums (oddly not all
> connected to recruitment), each time posting Mr Nield's personal
> details. I think you would do well to contact those forums and ask
> them to remove your comments.
>
> So to recap: We are a genuine recruitment agency and CVSelector are an
> entirely different organisation. We make our living by placing good
> candidates in work and not by recommending a 3rd parties CV Service.
>
> I would like to think that this has answered many of your questions
> however should ANY candidate wish to contact me to discuss this
So are you going to arrange our refunds like you arranged to put us
through to the so called cv selector. no one has attempted to call me
back from cv selector or your phony company in over a week but when i
was going to pay the original £39 the loser owen called me back within
minutes.
Me Now
> I am the MD of S2HR. I am the owner and founder of the business and am
> amazed to come across this thread on a Google forum.
>>From reading your comments I'll try to do my best to answer your
> questions and set the record straight.
I've not been involved with this discussion whatsoever but here's my 2p
worth.
I'll call you MD, since you did not give your name.
Your credibility takes a bit of a hit for a few reasons.
1. This is not a forum, this is Usenet.
2. You decided to post almost anonymously. Do you have a name?
3. Your website (albeit 'under construction') does not have the
information required by law, that it, your registered business address,
registered number and place of registration. This also applies to email
but may not apply to Usenet postings. :-)
See http://www.companieshouse.gov.uk/promotional/busStationery.shtml
HTH,
Me Now.
--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
AnonO
I absolutely stand by my original post this was a fair and completely
accurate description of my dealings with both s2hr and cv-selector. I
was extremely disappointed by the service I received from both
companies and felt (and still feel!) like I had been the victim of a
scam. I feel like the £39 was a total waste of money for the CV
reformatting service I received and I think it probably took someone
in the region of 5-10 mins to perform the service. I would advise
anyone to steer well clear of both s2hr and cv-selector as companies.
This is my opinion and appears to be the opinion of a number of other
posters in this thread. At the end of the day people should read this
thread and come to their own conclusions.
As to my posting of personal details, this was a mistake and a mistake
I have apologised for. I feel bad about linking a reputable business
man with this scam due to the fact that two companies have similar
names. As to what I did being illegal, I think not. I explained very
carefully in my original post my opinions and made it clear these were
my opinions alone. As to the details I posted, I also explained all
these details were freely available on the internet I just brought
them together into a convenient place. Though as I explained these
details are completely unrelated to s2hr and cv-selector.
So, in summary I stand by my original post in so far as the
description of my dealings with s2hr and cv-selector. I would never
use either of these companies again. However, I think that people
should continue to post their experiences of these companies (good and
bad) here to allow a general consensus to be formed.
sucke...@googlemail.com
I'm in the same position as everyone else here. Spoke to Owen well
over a month ago, didn't get the job he said I was 'perfect' for and
needless to say after reading the other posts here I'm pretty angry.
How can we get a refund? Someone said that they are going to approach
their bank and ask for a recovery of the money on the grounds of
fraud, will that work?
I originally got in contact with this agency through totaljobs, is
there any liability with them?
I think this is something that we should all do together and organise
properly so we can all get our money back?
any ideas??
thanks
james.w...@googlemail.com
james.w...@googlemail.com
Don't pay for CV advice!
Its been brought to our attention that Science Graduates applying for
jobs over the internet have been contacted by individuals claiming to
be from a variety of science recruitment companies. The Graduates are
told that their CVs are not good enough and they should use a company
called CVSelector who will reformat their CV for £39 (or £51 within a
week).
Many graduates using this service believe it to be a scam - see
discussion on google -
http://groups.google.com/group/uk.jobs.contract/browse_thread/thread/11586ac3f7c6af6d/8410e32b932b79a9.
SRG utterly condemns this practice. As the UK's largest specialist
science recruitment company we have always offered free CV
reformatting where necessary to science graduates and will continue to
do so. If a candidate applies to us with a CV that doesn't match the
format that our clients want to see then we will reformat it for you -
it is in our interests to ensure that your skills are presented in the
best way so there is no reason for you to pay.
In addition, we offer free advice to any science graduate, be they
registered with us or not. We have excellent relationships with many
of the UK's Universities and attend dozens of career events and CV
clinics each year. Careers advice is available on our website www.srg.co.uk
and a handy "Get that job" leaflet is available to all to download
www.srg.co.uk/downloads/getthatjob.pdf.
If you feel you have been the victim of bad practise then please
contact us on in...@srg.co.uk and we will flag up to the authorities.
Science Recruitment Group Ltd
17th May 2007
stu...@gmail.com
said exactly the same thing and instantly I smelled bullshit because
my CV has already BEEN professionally formatted. They said the whole
thing about it should be £99 but they can do it for £39 and I fobbed
them off.
BE WARNED PEOPLE!!
Moj...@googlemail.com
card details now coz I feel that they can steal my money again
whenever they want. =P Foolish me, live and learn I guess.
babl...@yahoo.co.in
HI friend,
I am also the victim of the cv selector. Its really disgusting.They
told me the same words as mention in your posting
lauren...@yahoo.com
scam from the company called ScienceRO after initial contact by
Michael Owen. I got my CV alright and it was absolute rubbish. I
noticed that ScienceRO got back to me each time I responded to their
advert on totaljobs.com and have since stopped using the site. When I
confronted the lady on the phone about the quality of the CV the
second time they tried to get across to me, she denied having any
knowledge of my previous payment for CV-reformatting and promised to
get back to me after investigating my claims... She never did. I had
tried reporting the matter to BBC' s Real Hustlers but got no response
and have been desperate to bring these people to book. Thanks guys for
all the efforts and I hope SRG might help us recover our money.
Larry
sabrina...@gmail.com
and providing this google discussion link since just about 15 minutes
ago I got a call from these guys (who saw me cv on totaljobs.com).
they said that my background is excellent ("A-star") but I have been
rejected, and she had to put me on hold to "ask her supervisor" why I
wasn't put forward. turns out my "cv wasn't formatted appropriately"
and that she knowns a company who does it - normally costs £99 but
through her company only £39. As soon as I heard that I KNEW that is
was these scammers and I declined and hung up (eventhough she was
perstering me saying "my cv LACKS several areas" and "she had MANY
jobs lined up that would be IDEAL for me"....Hopefully they will be
shut down soon!
Thanks again srg!
james.w...@googlemail.com
Under the Act, persons running an employment agency can be banned from
doing so for up to ten years, for misconduct or other reasons. An
agency breaking the law can also be fined up to £5,000.
Candidates are invited to complain to EAS - see contact below
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/employment-agencies/know-your-rights/page26998.html
Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate
Department of Trade and Industry (4140)
1 Victoria Street
London
SW1H 0ET
Helpline: 0845 955 5105
International: +44 20 7215 5980
Fax: 020 7215 2636
E-mail: e...@dti.gsi.gov.uk for enquiries about Employment Agencies
only.
AnonO
I've contacted the DTI and I urge everyone else who is dissatisfied
with the companies in question to do the same. The more complaints
they receive the more likely they will be to do something about it.
AnonO
AnonO
tho...@gmail.com
People, cancel your cards immediately.
If you print and show this thread to your local bank, and let them
know you are serious, maybe, just maybe, they will. i know i will.
Yes, i say try the small claims court, then do 'em for trading
standards
Email your local police authority-is everyone here from the West
midlands, or have they been doing this all over the UK?
tho...@gmail.com
email address to the FREE careers advise/cv comapny SRG
maybe its a tenuous link, but it seems s2hr took their inspiration
from srg! Also, the 'MD' states thats their company informs their
'canditates' if they are unsuccessful.
2 emails, 2 mobile numbers and 1 address later, they can't get back to
me?
hmmm
monit...@hotmail.com
ScienceRO, 2corp, 2corportation as a scam!!! So we need to expose
Archonet.com
ScienceRO and S2HR are registered to someone with a archonet.com
email,
and have the same address as Archonet.com contact details. Expose
them!!!
This is my experience of CV-select and S2HR
I found a job for a 'graduate lab technician' on totaljobs.com with
the subject 'graduate lab technician - start your science career,
apply now' and the job was apparently for £18,000, which now I look
back on it was pretty good. I have attached the job advert.
A few weeks later I had a so-called recruitment company ring me up and
had the same format as SRG and other recruitment companies, they said
the same phrases and in the background sounded like a busy office and
he apologised when I couldn't hear him saying sorry it is a bit loud
today. The person I spoke to was called Owen and said that he was
ringing from S2HR in regards to my application. On the job advert the
company is called 2 Corporation and at the time I was a bit confused
and should really have trusted my first instinct and looked into it
before I did anything and then got in touch with them.
He then said he would like to put me forward for the position and said
he was just looking at the notes that had been written when my CV had
been first reviewed. He said that notes had been put saying that my CV
was a bit old fashioned and needed updating and were concerned that if
they sent my CV off as it was it wouldn't get past first impressions.
I asked him what he meant and he said it was difficult to describe
over the phone and made it seem like he was looking through my CV. He
said looking through my CV and from what I'd done I'd be ideal for the
job and wanted to put me forward. He then asked me hold and said he
would go speak to his supervisor. After he took me off hold he claimed
he had spoken to his supervisor and his supervisor had said to get my
CV updated. As the deadline was friday he needed to get it done
quickly. That weekend was easter weekend and the offices were closed
on friday 7th April as it was good friday so I should have twigged on
that. He said that they had a contract with a CV consultancy agency
that could update my CV, however it would cost £99 and would include
interview coaching. My first impression was Im not paying that and
then he said that S2HR would pay £60 and I would only have to pay £39
which could be refunded once I had got an interview. My impression of
this was that I doubt I'll be able to get my money back but if £39
meant I'd get my CV sorted out, after he said it was old fashioned,
and help me get something further down the line I though OK then.
He said he would put me through the company and explained that CV
Select would send the CV to S2HR so that the company would get a head
start to find me a postion and then sent it to me so I could use in
future. He then said hold on and I was able to hear him talking to CV
select as if he was a client and said he was calling from S2HR and had
a candidate that needed a CV reformatting. The woman on the other end
said she had to check the corporate accounts (or something like that)
and then cleared it and then Owen put me through to this woman after
he had given me a number that I could ring him back on which was 0208
313 7481. The woman claimed to be called Audrey and explained to me
the same details about refunds etc and then checked my address and
asked if it was the right address and I was the right person. She then
asked if i wanted a 1 week return or 2 week return so I said 1 week
but the deadline was this friday. She said they would contact me by
email. She then took card details for payment, which she called a
deposit and she said £51 and then said £39 which was a bit confusing
about how much it was. They asked for most of my card details for
including the secruity code on the back. Now I have check my
statements for April a company called CV Select from CHISLEHURST has
taken £51, which I though they might. GET YOUR CARD CHANGED WITH NEW
SECURITY CODE IF YOU HAVE ALSO BEEN CONTACTED BY THESE COMPANIED
After the call I didn't really know what to think. I tried ringing
this Owen on thursday and got an answer message with his voice saying
that he wasn't in the office. I didnt hear anything from him after
since ringing once or twice and get a various messages saying he wasnt
available.
2 weeks later I got an email from 'CV-selector' (cv-selector.com)
with a formatted CV which I wasnt really very impressed with it as it
wasnt that different but thought that must be what companies are
looking for, something simple, but still didn't think it was worth
£39. I still have the emails if you would like me to forward them. The
email said that I should have an invoice with the coach booking number
on, which I didnt. The email said to contact them for interview
coaching when your recruitment company has confirmed an interview
date. Of course I couldn't get in touch with Owen and gave up and just
presumed I hadn't got it and just left it a bit disappointed and
confused.
This week Ive looked into who has registered the many domains they
have and have addresses for 2corp.co.uk, cv-selector.com,
sciencero.com, s2hr.com. I don't know if people know these details but
I have them incase these websites disappear.
While searching these details I havd stumbled accross another one of
their websites www.archonet.com as one of these domains is registered
to something with an archonet email. Im not sure if this is a
different type of scam, but seems to be IT based. As I am absolutely
raging Im exposing ARCHONET.
monit...@hotmail.com
and get your cards cancelled.
RaC5.S...@googlemail.com
UPDATE!!!
Try this number too...seems their arses have dropped and resorted to
mobiles. Oh dear though cos I has had the number traced! 07983703788
it is...calling themselves Greenway Recruitment now too. ALso need to
locate that Chislehurst bank account. Must be a business account and
there not that mnay banks in Chislehurs. ONWARDS!!!
maza...@gmail.com
entire scam. Nevertheless, I too became a victim of this fraud back in
January, and after paying to get my CV done, never heard from the
agency again. I won't repeat my story as its very similar to the ones
already published above by others. However, someone pointed out that
we should contact the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) - which I
managed to do today.
After speaking to the representative at DTI and explaining them the
situation, I was asked to fill out a form explaining details of the
incident. The form can be found at: http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/employment-agencies/page27003.html
Can I urge those of you who haven't filled out the form to do so, as
the more complaints that DTI gets about S2HR, the faster they will
launch an investigation.
Lets work together and bring the individuals involved in this fraud
towards justice. If matters go ahead, we might all get a refund which
will shock CV selector beyond belief.
Regards,
Mazahair
gra...@citybeaters.co.uk
My contact at S2HR was "Jemma Goodson"... unsurprisingly she's very
elusive these days.
Feel really sick to have discovered I've been taken for a complete mug.
itsth...@googlemail.com
I've been reading these messages and they give professional CV Writers
a seriously bad name these people, I've heard many stories about this
company.
The best advice for ANYONE is if an agency calls you making
suggestions like "your CV is basic" or "we'll sort it for a fee, and
you'll get it back" DON'T trust any of them.
The are plenty of companies like mine (WoW Careers Services) that do
offer FREE review services, and do offer advice on basic fix it's for
CV's without hidden fees or silly promises.
But and I'll be honest here, we don't tell people everything that can
be done to improve a CV as we are commercial businesses trying to earn
a living.
I have also report CV Selector to the REC so they are also aware of
this scam.
S2HR
Myself and my co-directors feel we have been victims of a witch hunt,
mainly by certain individuals posing as genuine candidates on this
thread. It's a shame that with so many satisfied customers we have
been so badly affected by such a truly, very small minority. Our
complaints procedure was emailed to any individual who contacted us
directly with any grievance. We always acted inside of the law.
We have never falsified information and have only ever tried to assist
and place candidates in work.
If you paid a 3rd party for your CV to be reformatted and have then
gone on to receive your CV, clearly no law has been broken and nobody
has been "scammed". Furthermore, and in accordance with UK consumer
law you have a time frame in which to complain and if necessary
request a refund. Clearly those that had their CV's reformatted AND
are still not in work have decided to place the blame clearly on our
shoulders for their lack of employment and have chosen now as their
time to complain, weeks or months later. Furthermore I am very
surprised at the backlash we have had by recommending a service to
people that costs £39 when the alternatives are clearly asking for far
more money (starting at £199) for essentially the same service.
Candidates always had the option to re-write their CV in their own
time or use an alternative CV reformatter. The choice was always with
the individual and a fraud was never committed.
Please note that we are currently looking at taking legal action
against those individuals that have made any defamatory remarks. We
have contacted Google and would advise any individuals to closely read
their terms: http://www.google.com/googlegroups/terms_of_service.html
afel...@gmail.com
<james.windri...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Warning to Science Graduates
> Don't pay for CV advice!
>
> Its been brought to our attention that Science Graduates applying for
> jobs over the internet have been contacted by individuals claiming to
> be from a variety of science recruitment companies. The Graduates are
> told that their CVs are not good enough and they should use a company
> called CVSelector who will reformat their CV for £39 (or £51 within a
> week).
>
> Many graduates using this service believe it to be a scam - see
>
> SRG utterly condemns this practice. As the UK's largest specialist
> science recruitment company we have always offered free CV
> reformatting where necessary to science graduates and will continue to
> do so. If a candidate applies to us with a CV that doesn't match the
> format that our clients want to see then we will reformat it for you -
> it is in our interests to ensure that your skills are presented in the
> best way so there is no reason for you to pay.
>
> In addition, we offer free advice to any science graduate, be they
> registered with us or not. We have excellent relationships with many
> of the UK's Universities and attend dozens of career events and CV
> clinics each year. Careers advice is available on our websitewww.srg.co.uk
> and a handy "Get that job" leaflet is available to all to downloadwww.srg.co.uk/downloads/getthatjob.pdf.
>
> If you feel you have been the victim of bad practise then please
>
> Science Recruitment Group Ltd
> 17th May 2007
I've had the same problem with a recruitment company calling
themselves Greenway Recruitment. They dont exist. They put me through
to a cv formatting service with exactly the same lines...the cv
service I have emailed and they are apparently giving me a refund and
asked for evidence greenway were a fraudulent company. who knows if
that's true or not or if they are really part of it.
Their website is here: http://www.rightcv.com/
There's no guarantee i'll get my money back. I feel a right fool.
Moogies
I came across this thread last week but have been meaning to add a
further company to lookout for...
Now that i have logged in ... i see that the previous post was also
stung via the same companies as me...
<b>Greenway Recruitment </b> called me up last friday aft... using a
mobile number 07983703788 .... yes i know it didnt twig in my head why
a recruitment agency would ring using a mobile! ?!?! Just like you
guys... very vulnerable and wanting to change your lives you too must
have applied for a great deal of jobs.... at the time... i wasnt sure
which job he was talking about...so was excited that someone was
enquiring about me (naive, i know) The only job i can think off came
from ITJobs.com via totaljobs.com.
He said... i was an ideal candidate, then... wait a min...there is a
note on your file from the recruiter saying i was rejected on the
grounds my CV was not right. (I have had a great deal of convo wit
friends about how my CV should look so was keen to find out what was
wrong) In put me on hold came back and gave me a few pointers (which
some were fair) ... next minute he said he had received a email from
his boss telling him about a graduate deal on CV reformating. They pay
the 1st 60 and i pay the remaining £39.. like everyone else... I was
transferred (via 3 way conversation) to RightCV.com telling me about
the deal and that i would get money back once offered an interview.
etc. She asked to confirm my email address to email me and had it
wrong... (if they had my cv they would know that right) They sent me
an invoice (via in...@rightcv.com) and as yet i have not seen hide no
hair of my so-called PROFESSIONAL CV. t
The woman on the fone was very nice... asking me whether there was any
last min info i wanted to put on there, anything i wanted to stand out
(v.believable). Not having any dealings with agencies b4 i went along
with it all and what seemed like seconds i gave over card details
etc... Scepticism setting in... before the end of the conversation i
asked for Greenway Recruitments landline phone number seeing as it was
a mobile number i had. Once i hung up... i had a gut feeling i had
just been duped. I later called RightCV back (0844 884 3443) and got
an answerphone message I then called the landline number back which
she gave me which was a london number which i dont have with me at the
moment. But I got exactly the same answerphone message. Feeling a bit
of a fool now... i got my brother to call the mobile number... but it
was switched off. I have since called the mobile number and yes the
apparent Greenway Recruitment answered (a girl this time... kinda
sounded like the RightCV woman)
Ok... well since reading the whole of this post....
I have done a little digging.
Greenway Recruitment have not come up on any search i have done
www.RightCV.com's web site is apparently undergoing construction to
encorporate online payment.
http://www.RightCV.com's website is exactly the same as
http://www.sjrpartnership.com/ which i think may well be
linked to the same people as S2hr etc....
I have since blocked my card... fortunately (if u can call it that) i
have only had £39 taken out of my account so far.
I called the bank and told them all about it... they cant investigate
on the grounds of fraud til the 30days are up and i get a refund!
According to trading standards if you are not happy with the service
you have paid for /expect, you are entitled to a refund.
So hopefully all those graduates out there... be warned... it is in
the recruitment agencies interest to get you the job and you should
not have to part with any money!
Who else can we complain to... Watchdog... GMTV ... these ppl must be
stopped!
AnonO
rebranded as Greenway recruitment and RightCV.com.
If you have been scammed by these companies then you MUST report them
here:
Candidates are invited to complain to EAS - see contact below
http://www.dti.gov.uk/employment/employment-agencies/know-your-rights...
If you don't report them they will be free to carry on victimising
people with this horrible scam.
There's another thread on Greenway recruitment here:
http://web.ukrecruiter.co.uk/forum/Forum/read.php?i=19489&start=0&PHPSESSID=660e4fd9c6fe539c26137b3cc225e3c5
It might be worth starting a new thread on Greenway recruitment so
that any google searches hit a thread straight away and it's clear to
any people that might be contemplating using them what other's
opinions are.
Please report them!