Job offers to college graduates that are "scams"..

[Syringer]

I can think of some that I always saw when looking for a job after graduating, that based on my experience end up with people that get the job quitting within a week of being there, given that they were promised the world while ending up with little.

The three most prevalent ones were:

technical recruiters - there are plenty of legit ones out there for people that do IT recruiting, generally found at the bigger companies, but mostly it's a constant cold calling to people who have no interest in listening to you at all--and the shady ones will promise you all sorts of money during interviews and such.

financial advisors (particularly at Ameriprise) - pretty much the same deal as above, you're encouraged to deal with family members/friends who you're supposed to convince to trust you, a 22 y/o graduate to handle all of their savings and retirement funds. You know a job is bad when you have message boards dedicated toward how shitty your job is: http://www.amexsux.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi

I always get an email every month telling me to apply to them too, which shows their level of desperation/turnover rates..

enterprise rent-a-car - same as above, constant postings/emails from them, and their site is 10x as big as the amex one.. http://www.failingenterprise.com/

 

[mugs]

Primerica isn't a scam per se, but it's not really a job per se either.

 

[Tooncesthedrivingcat]

I know many people in sales who take a job with enterprise because pharmaceutical companies like to pluck from reps from them.

 

[dbk]

Yep...Financial analyst positions which are just sales jobs.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: Syringer
I can think of some that I always saw when looking for a job after graduating, that based on my experience end up with people that get the job quitting within a week of being there, given that they were promised the world while ending up with little.

The three most prevalent ones were:

technical recruiters - there are plenty of legit ones out there for people that do IT recruiting, generally found at the bigger companies, but mostly it's a constant cold calling to people who have no interest in listening to you at all--and the shady ones will promise you all sorts of money during interviews and such.

financial advisors (particularly at Ameriprise) - pretty much the same deal as above, you're encouraged to deal with family members/friends who you're supposed to convince to trust you, a 22 y/o graduate to handle all of their savings and retirement funds. You know a job is bad when you have message boards dedicated toward how shitty your job is: http://www.amexsux.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi

I always get an email every month telling me to apply to them too, which shows their level of desperation/turnover rates..

enterprise rent-a-car - same as above, constant postings/emails from them, and their site is 10x as big as the amex one.. http://www.failingenterprise.com/

A former co-worker is working for enterprise out of college. He loves pretending it is a real job. He is a an unglorified sales consultant/secretary. We all laugh about it.

Does get to "borrow" cars for free though.

 

[yoda291]

my litmus test when I was fresh out of college was that if the job didn't prefix itself with "entry-level" or otherwise distinguish itself as such, there was a catch.

I bet I could write a decent parser for crappy jobs aimed at college students -- "sales" is a bad time no matter where you are ...."senior X engineer/administrator/associate" + "training provided" is a giveaway.

 

[Ns1]

enterprise is not a scam

it's a maggot job that CAN lead you places

i have 2 friends that grinded their way up; 1 moved onto bigger and better, the other one not so much.