Comments on: You idiot, you showed this résumé to an employer??

By: Fleas in The House

Fleas in The House — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:37:44 +0000

Fleas in the house can always come back if you do not take care of it rite the first time.

By: Nick Corcodilos

Nick Corcodilos — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 17:26:38 +0000

@MTC: “Senior executive partners?” Do you mean a firm like this? http://www.asktheheadhunter.com/gv010822.htm

When a “firm” uses a moniker like that, it’s time to run for the hills. You’re looking at a scam that’s trying awfully hard to sound important and to convey a sense of exclusivity.

Usually, “all inclusive” means “you pay us a ton of non-refundable money up front, and then we guarantee you all the useless services and advice you can stand to swallow…”

Sorry, but I think 99% of those “firms” are frauds.

By: MTC

MTC — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 06:34:27 +0000

How do you rate the all inclusive services like senior executive career partners? They seem to provide much more than a resume.

By: r m jenkins

r m jenkins — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 13:44:38 +0000

Like so many, I applied for a “job” on jobfox. The so-called resume critique from ‘Peg Crits’ was unsolicited. Unfortunately I deleted it and unsubscribed from jobfox in the 5 minutes following my reading of the jobfox email. Of course I read later from Jobfox resume users they got hit for up to $400 for this “service”. Wow?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 15:58:08 +0000

I wish I’d read this page before applying to a job via JobFox. After spending half an hour or so to complete the employer’s pre-screening (the questions were impressively insightful, btw, but it turns out this had nothing to do with jobfox) it turned out the job posting wasn’t even active.

Thanks JobFox!!!

Now they’re pestering the shit out of me for their resume-writing services, etc…first Peg Crits, now Peggy Patelino, Rob McGovern…and I’m getting emails every day suggesting which jobs I should apply for. HOWEVER, they’re all based on jobs on my resume I’ve had in the past. Nothing related to jobs I actually want as I’m in the middle of a career change.

JobFox sucks. AVOID!

By: Sean

Sean — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:09:48 +0000

Weird, I came across this article exactly one year after it was published.. It’s a good read, I was just researching this very same situation and I had done a search on “Peg Crits” as I too received a boilerplate response from her. I am going to stay away from Jobfox at all costs, even their searches are tainted. I sent an email to “Peg” stating that I was on to them but.. like that will do any good..

By: Toni

Toni — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:13:40 +0000

This is the letter I received from Jobfox

By: Nick Corcodilos

Nick Corcodilos — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 01:55:21 +0000

@Steve: Fancy that! You wrote your own resume! I’ll bet you fry your own eggs, too! ;-) Nice work.

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:21:48 +0000

Nick,
I got the exact letter you posted (with the generic fill-ins) also from Peg Crits after I posted on jobfox. Didn’t fool me for one second. But I did learn something: I can do it myself better for free! My time is my own (I’m unemployed) and yes, it is hard work making my resume the best; harder than actual work. These “people” are the latest breed of con artists. In any area, you can do it yourself, up to a point, and then, if necessary, you hire the expert. I have gotten called a “cheap-skate”, but who is the best expert on me? My next employer will not get a phony with a commercially written resume, but will get me, a person who can back up each and every assertion on my resume and cover letter because I WROTE IT!

By: Nick Corcodilos

Nick Corcodilos — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:06:49 +0000

@skott coffee: Thanks for posting. Slimy marketing tactics tend to get stolen and are re-used. Just like resume critiques by these companies.