geo4

Not denying it doesn't rarely happen Ian. To skilled professionals. And I am sure any recruitment professional worth their salt would help with the Visa process etc. even possibly helping facilitate.

But to advertise to " Canadian and US professionals in IT, TELECOM, ENGINEERING and FINANCE who wish to relocate to anywhere in North America"?

And to advertise yourself as someone who "who will assist with clients looking for work and need work permits" And through LinkedIn?!!?

Forget not- alot of people thought Andrew Miller was legit didn't they?

GTFOOH!

christmasoompa

I completely agree Iain, my husband has been headhunted many times by recruitment agents in Canada. There are certainly plenty out there who are very reputable and will help people get over from the UK.

It was the US bit that made me very suspicious! But hopefully the OP will post back with more details tomorrow and prove us old cynics wrong!!

geo4

Ian there are few parallels between your experience and this one, when we consider the details more closely.

iaink

And for a long time he was; There are many satisfied people here who were clients of AM, He was a member of CSIC in good standing for a good while. What happened recently with him I dont know, but its certainly regrettable.

Any recruitment agent needs to get a network of contacts...my agent got my name from another guy who wanted to come to canada, but worked in a different area, so it seems legitimate to cast a wide net to see what pearls you can drag in. I dont see anything too illegitimate about this. IT, TELECOM, ENGINEERING and FINANCE are all professions eligiable for various visas, so its certainly not out of the question. As I said, buyer beware applies, but branding others as idiots or gullable for checking this out is not necessary.

marclouis

Am i right in thinking that a recruitment agent need never ask for any payment from job seeker? and application fee would be paid direct by to CIC by the applicant?

Yogi-Bear

Good point!

Yes, it always amazes me how some people jump in with both feet, assuming the worst without allowing a full explanation. There are some people that are here to give genuine help.

Y

shelley748

I am still waiting to hear back from her, I want to check her out myself before I forward any info.

jackiewalters

no probs

ger1

Hi Shelley. Thanks for the info, I would appreciate the link to this recruiter

Regards

ger1

AmyDavid

Full information here...

http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofi...nk=vw_pprofile

iaink

The agent is paid by the employer, the potential employee should never be paying anything.

In my case all the application fees etc were paid by my employer, plus airfares and shipping allowance, but I imagine thats all negotiable, depending on how keen they are to hire you. In many cases it seems normal for the applicant to pay for the process, either directly or through a third party representative.

shelley748

Yes this is the link but I wanted to check her out first to make sure that she was ok and not going to charge you guys. So go ahead but be careful cos I have'nt heard back from her yet.

AmyDavid

I just thought it would help people make their own decision about her. I cannot find anything else out about her company - the link to her website is just to a holding page.

I would be cautious about it.

geo4

We went quite quickly from "You guys will love me for this" to "I wanted to check her out first to make sure that she was ok and not going to charge you guys. So go ahead but be careful cos I have'nt heard back from her yet"

I feel vindicated in my use of LOL's.

stepnek

How's that then? You're LOL's were completely useless. Much better to get straight to the point which of course was a very valid one. No one needs to know that you're laughing here just that you want to advise caution.