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Strange Job Offer Phone Call

StudioAudienceStudioAudience Registered User regular
edited July 2007 in Help / Advice Forum
I just graduated from college a couple fo months ago and have had zero luck with the whole job hunting thing. I've been posting my resume at various job search sites, and have been actively sending them out to companies that I was interested in working at.

Well today, I get a phone call from some guy who says he has a job opening and that I might be qualified for it. He's not from the company itself, but I guess he works for one of those job placement companies? I don't know, I guess he got my resume from monster or something. Well, he said that he would email me the job description, and that I should respond w/ ""I do agree with $11/hr with all inclusive on W2 basis" if I was comfortable with the position. The description is rather vague, and does not really specify what I would actually be doing, so I've replied and asked if he could provide any more details.

My question is, I'm sort of new to all this, so what exactly does "with all inclusive on W2 basis" mean?

For reference, the job duties were: Receive and deliver samples, Sample inventory, lab support.

I was a bit disappointed that the education requirement was high school diploma or higher, but I'm also a bit desperate at this point and don't think that I should be that picky.

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  • saint2esaint2e Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    it's probably a headhunter. They're paid by companies to do hiring for them. I haven't had much luck with them, and they really don't care about you regardless of how much they lay it on thick. They're just out to meet their quota or make a quick buck.

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  • StudioAudienceStudioAudience Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Yea, I can definitely agree to that. He seemed rather pushy. From what I've gathered so far from scouring the web, it looks like W2 basis means basically that he gets to keep a portion of what the company was originally going to pay? Say if it was 15 bucks/hr, then he's actually making 4 dollars and I'm getting 11?

    We've chatted on the phone again, and I just replied to the email saying that I agree to the 11/hr inclusive on the W2 basis. I hope I didn't just screw myself over.

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  • saint2esaint2e Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    If you're happy with $11/hour, and that's what you get paid, then hey, it works out. You'll probably still need an interview and to sign a contract, so you haven't signed your life away yet. ;)

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Sounds like a recruitment agency, they always take a little off the top, for a set amount of time. It also works the other way around, for example, if they were hired by a company to find people, they charge the company extra instead.

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  • supabeastsupabeast Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    The only person who can tell you exactly what "I do agree with $11/hr with all inclusive on W2 basis" is the recruiter. This sort of response from headhunters is not uncommon, some corporations and government agencies require the headhunters to show them that you have agreed to something like this to make sure that their recruiting agencies are not deceiving new hires.

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  • IncenjucarIncenjucar VChatter Seattle, WARegistered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Was this guy out of Sacramento, by chance?

    I got a recruiting call to defect from my current company to another in the same field on my answering machine some time today myself.

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  • FallingmanFallingman Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    I used to work in recruitment. There's nothing to say that this guy isn't legit. You dont have to commit to anything until you sign the contract. Just ask what the next steps are - if you give him the go ahead - he'll probably sent your CV in to the company, then they will let him know if they are interested. You'd probably have an interview with him, then the company before an offer is made. If at any time you dont think its legit, just say that you're not interested any more.

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  • DrZiplockDrZiplock Registered User regular
    edited July 2007
    Also, and this is just a little heads up, if you've posted your resume online you'll likely be contacted by folks like this.

    More often than not they will be looking for you to work for PrimeAmerica or other financial planning places. They are, for all intents and purposes, a pyramid scheme and something that you should be wary of. Can you make money? Yes. Will you? Likely not.

    Same applies for a group by the name of Vector Marketing. It's door to door sales of Cutco brand knives. Again, something you want to be aware of.

    Most of the guys that recruit or higher for these types of places scour the web for resumes that are only ever vaguely related to the job at hand.

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