The one that really gets me are the placement services that require you to pay them before any services are rendered. I spent 20 minutes on the phone with one j

The one that really gets me are the placement services that require you to pay them before any services are rendered. I spent 20 minutes on the phone with one just the other day. They masquerade as legitimate recruiters and then hit you up to represent you in the unpublished job market; like there are companies out there keeping jobs a secret because they don’t want them filled. They try to prey on fears of the economy and competition and then try to sell you an advantage over that whipped up competition, who by the way, they would sell their service to. It’s not like they are representing you to the exclusion of your competition. After wasting 20 minutes with what I thought was a legitimate recruiter for a CTO position, I was pretty irate. Like I told the scum bag, if you are so sure of your success rate, then why don’t you let me pay your fees after placement? after all if you don’t place me, I have not benefited from your so called advantage. He quickly dismissed that concept with some BS about the payment separates those that are truly looking to advance their career. The part that really bothered me, was the scare tactics and the fact that these people are probably having some success with insecure individuals who are susceptible to this. Given the current conditions and the psychological desperation of being unemployed, I can imagine that this is a very vulnerable demographic. Fortunately for me I have the luxury of time, so I was not susceptible to such carpetbaggery.