Job Whiz jobwhiz JobWhiz False advertising job search scam Riverside Connecticut
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me to believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets a particularly insecure group: the career changers.
After a single phone call and intense pressure to issue a quick payment, I was asked to sign a client agreement containing enough buzzwords and vague promises to give the impression that she had some sort of secret connection to decision makers ... and rare industry information that would get me back on the workforce.
The amount asked: 9 400 dollars plus an additional 500 to expedite reception of the start-off questionnaire. The thing is, the questionnaire is actually all you get. A very, very long questionnaire. Long enough that you basically analyse your situation yourself. And then Ms Feldman swoops in and offers a summary of your answers. That's it. 9 to 10 000 dollars for a poorly written summary of your answers.
Anything else you might need costs extra, with no garantee you'll actually get the service you payed for. In my case, I payed an extra 500 dollars to get an analysis of a job posting, analysis that was never delivered. My suggestion: file a complaint with the BBB as I did, ask for a refund as I did, move on to legal action if you are ignored as I will. And reach out to others who have faced a similar distress to join forces.
This is preying on people at their weakest; it has been going on for as far back as 2014 (that we know of, but how many are too ashamed to speak up?); and this has to stop.