For those of you who are trying to find a job please beware of employment agencies, especially one particular “People 5280” agency located at 5601 South Broadway in Littleton, Colorado.
There are two simple ways that agencies work. The first type of agency approaches the company, which is hiring, to pay them to screen applicants. Of course the second type of agency asks the applicant for a fee. These fees can range from a $5,000.00 blanket fee (for a management to executive level) to some percentage of your gross yearly salary.
If you are involved with the latter type agency do yourself a HUGE favor and ask how much that percentage is FIRST. Beware that your out of pocket expense may be as high as $1,800.00 for a $22,000.00 per year job!
My client spoke with the above agency and a woman by the name of “Pam” said verbatim that he would have to pay “4 to 8 hundred” only. When he arrived a different girl told him that the fee was $1,800.00 (BIG DIFFERENCE) and she said that the 4 to 8 hundred was an initial fee. The word “INITIAL” had never been mentioned.
Bottom line is employment agencies need applicants to make money, and they will say ANYTHING to get you into their office. They will even lie.
Im glad I googled People's 5280 to find out about them. After reading this I called back only to find that the lady I was to meet with later in the day had alread left for the day, then while talking to another lady she did say the the job I was looking at was a direct to hire and that upon getting the job I would be accountable for 5 to 10% of my first years salary or $2,537.60. What a SCAM!!! No Thank You!!
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