snake
Stay away from these companies :
teleportmyjob(dot)com
jobsindubai(dot)com
first one is a complete scam, I paid money and got absolutely nothing in return.
the second one is also a scam, they haven't changed their job listings since 2 years.
teleportmyjob(dot)com has started another scam, forgot the name, but they will redirect you to their first site.
desertdudeshj
Never pay any money to any recuirters or anyone you have only met on the internet. Blanket rule
bonniegeake
I have had the same trouble with UAE Staffing, they let me apply for 'free' to a position they had advertised and then sent me this email;
Dear......
My name is Henry Larrs and I will be your personal account manager from here on, We have just completed the review of your resume for the position appliedYou have been short listed for the position: Marketing Assistant The next stage would be the final reviews and interviews with employers. Your resume will also be matched and applied to all jobs that fit your employment criteria until you accept a position
Your resume is currently pending. You would now be required to submit the admin payment of $80.00USD to use our service, which is paid once and covers all applications. The payment can be submitted online through our website once your payment is received, your applications are then matched to all selected positions and applied directly to related employers for the final reviews and selection
The payment is submitted once and covers all applications until you accept a position
A file number and password will be sent to you via your email, so you may access your own online account. You can use your file number to track your progress and receive notifications of matched jobs that we apply for you
This payment can be made online ( click on payments on the website you can also submit the payment by draft, please make payable to: UAE Staffing Ltd. Our address is: UAE Staffing Ltd, 2nd floor, 145-157 St John Street, London, EC1V 4PY
Please notify us once you have made the payment, all payments should be received within 10 business days, if there is a delay, please let us know as we have to setup your account, username and password
This to me sounded a bit fishy, as my friend works in recruitment and you should NEVER have to pay up front so I emailed them the following;
I applied for a position on your website which I was very interested in. I have just received an email asking for an admin fee of $80.00 which to me seams very expensive for you just to pass my details to an employer. How do you justify such a high administration fee and what exactly do I get for my money and why, if you are an English based company do you ask for payment in dollars?
I would also like to point out that it is very unfair for you to state that I have been shortlisted and have the potential to get an interview for a dream job, in a dream country, when, its all just an unfair marketing ploy. When I applied for the position it stated that I could apply for free.
So before I send a penny, I would like to see evidence that there is a job and that I have been shortlisted by the company for an interview, this I feel is very fair and avoids any misunderstandings.
I am currently setting up a chat page online, which will follow my move from the UK to Dubai and want to share my experiences with companies like yourself and other organisations that offer services similar to yours.
Please get back to me promptly
They did get back to me with this short very curt message:
1) that is the fee to ( use ) this service
2) the website ( never ever ) stated that it is free
3) we are very clear, on the ( SERVICE ) page of the website, that this is a paid to use service
4) it is simple, you want to use, you pay to use
Regards
Joe Moss
I’d stay away its fishy and you should never pay anything up front for recuritment especially when its advertised a free.
If anyone has any contact for seeking employment in Dubai please reply on this thread, as so far I have come across con artists, which are slowly putting me off.
bonniegeake
Here is more correspondence related to my pervious post concluding that the company is just a joke;
Dear Joe,
I'm going to leave it, I have been in contact with many other agencies that
have not asked to pay anything up front these seem reputable, unlike
yourselves.
If you do some very basic research on your company you will find that you
have been outed! Which if your email is anything to go by your public
relations are seriously lacking which I guess by the numerous forums
suggesting your company is a scam are right.
Thank you for not answering my questions you have proven these forums right,
I do not wish to waste my money.
they then replied this
what this has proven is that some people do not like to pay their way
they expect freeness where ever they go
Regards
Joe
What a vile company!! Stay away!
Merlindxb
As per the UAE labour law it is illegal to charge any fees from candidate and reputed recruitment agencies get paid from the employer not from the employees
Updated list of Recruitment Agencies in UAE- June 2009
Indixpat
Thanks for the info. It will help others
Dashford
Yes, it's true, I was taken in by it. Let me tell you my story ...
I thought it would be a good idea to have TeleportMyJob searching for job vacancies in UAE for me so I paid up and was pleased to receive an email confirmation which explained that the process started with a consultation over the phone. They would call me to ask me about my experience and what sort of job I was looking for. All sounded good. And I was called very promptly - but I was unable to speak at the time so we agreed that the agent would call back the next morning. That didn't happen. Then I had a couple of voicemails left over the next few weeks. I couldn't understand the message left each time and certainly couldn't get the number they left (the message was too quick, they did not repeat the number and it was difficult to understand the foreign accent). So I asked them by email to cancel my order and refund me the money I had paid to date. They then said they had done their job and had sent me 114 vacancies which were waiting for me to review; they said they had done their job and therefore would not refund me. I said I thought it was rather strange that they could find vacancies for me when they didn't even know what job I was looking for as we had never had the introductory consultation. They agreed to stop my service but have continually refused to refund me.
TeleportMyJob is a complete con. Do not pay them any money. They just take your money and throw any job vacancies at you and claim they are doing a targeted proactive search. You are much better off just looking yourself.
I've browsed the web since this happened to me and have found lots and lots of comments about this being a scam. I wish I had done this research before signing up to them!