4 years ago
Save your gas! Job hunt w/o this agency. I had a f...
Save your gas! Job hunt w/o this agency. I had a face-to-face interview with Julie Wilkes yesterday after she had told me on the phone she already had a p/t job which she felt was perfect for me. No one does face-to-face interviews anymore but now I know why Paladin requires it. Upon arrival, there was no greeting from the receptionist. I greeted her and her response was, "What's your name?" Then she handed me a pile of about 50 pages to read and sign and took me to a small room to get started. Keep in mind that visitor parking is only good for 1 hour. But Julie and the receptionist expected me to complete the packet (which included questions about my employment history, education and references, which Julie already had in my RESUME) within that hour. Shortly after I started on paperwork, Julie came in and began the interview. She left well before I was done with the packet. When I realized that I had only 10 min left to finish up and needed to move my car or be towed, I asked the receptionist if I could take the employment history, education and references forms home and then scan and email them back. She told me that none of the forms could leave the office. When she asked if I could come back to Paladin to complete them, I said no. I drove about 35 min to get there on toll roads and did Paladin reimburse me? No. So I said, "I guess those forms will stay blank then. She has all that information in my resume anyway." Then she asked me to give consent to a form that I intentionally left blank. The form said they wanted permission to use my background and qualifications for their promotional materials. I refused and I have the right to. To this, the receptionist said, "Unless all the forms are signed, we cannot put you forward for a position." So I said, "Well, thank you, but I'm not signing that." And I left. They are extremely unprofessional to the degree that their policies are RIDICULOUS. Why do they need to know my cell phone provider? Yes, that is one of the stupid questions they ask on their forms. They really deserve 0/5 stars. Also, another reason they requested a face-to-face was probably so they could try to determine my age, which is age discrimination.