Well, sorry to break the bad news, but it appears that any level of moral ground, empathy, or even plain old respect, has been replaced by an almost blood thirsty lust for money. And they don't care what lies they have to tell you to get it, just as long as they get that money.
As the title says, More Indeed Jobs That Don't Exist. What I'm talking about here, is the companies that are not just advertising fake jobs, as discussed here, but also looking to get people already short on cash to start travelling around to training centers in the hope of landing a job, only to be left disappointed when they realise they have been completely taken advantage of. Need more confirmation of this, tempted to apply? Just read some of the reviews. One star ratings all the way.
By that stage, the company that sent the person on the training course have completed their slice of the transaction (getting the person receiving some kind of Government assistance to go on a training course that leads nowhere), and that's the deal done, regardless of what happens next. Just so long as the course is completed. For each person they refer to the scheme, they get paid.
So they advertise jobs that don't exist to generate the leads, get desperate people to sign up for the course, waste the individuals time by sending them to a "training center" everyday, with the promise of a job at the end of it of course, then cast the person aside afterwards. With no job or anything else gained other than money for the fraudulent company that sent them on the fake job course.
Benefit Scam Job Training
These companies make me sick. One company that was advertising in this manner on Indeed, is the Castle View Group. I applied for one of their "Vacancies". Surprisingly, I got a call back! That's sarcasm by the way. The representative for Castle View Group had her script mastered and proceeded to read the dummy cards to me. Sounded promising - Sounds like I'll be in work by Monday! Then, the last question: Are you claiming any Government assistance at all, any benefits.
I said no, nothing. Why? Oh, no reason, she said. Suddenly, the woman wanted to end the call. And she did. The excuse of - OK, I've got all the information I need from you for now, someone will be calling you back tomorrow. That callback never came. And I'm glad it didn't. Because a few clicks of research later and I quickly discover what the Castle View Group is all about.
Not claiming benefits equates to me being ineligible for the scam course they wanted to send me on. Ultimately translating to me having no commission potential, meaning I was useless to them. Surely there is a law against this type of false advertising, not to mention defrauding Government funds by using immoral means to generate leads. Seem crazy that these companies actually get away with it.
More Disclosure Required
However, there has been a small change in the way Castle View Group now advertise on Indeed, or any site for the matter. Perhaps with all the complaints, Indeed, or maybe even company regulators made them change the wording in their ads, so it now reads as " Castle View Group - Training". I find this very funny, because I can almost guarantee you, from that small but extremely significant change, their fraudulent, purposely vague lead generation machine has taken a huge hit. And profits are certainly not what they once were when they weren't using full disclosure, and not telling people they were being sent on a useless training course.
Also be aware: Obviously, to reach a wider audience, this company is using other job websites to post their ads. One of those is Totaljobs. The ads show up on Indeed because most of the big job sites are using an RSS feed or API to display the results from other websites. Just something to be aware of.
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