Complaint Review: BERANARD HALDANE ASSOCIATES - MAITLAND FLORIDA

Lost Rip-off Reports:::::

NOTICE: This is one of over 100 Rip-off Reports that was originally lost during the week of September 5th through the 12th. We have been UPDATING the original Reports from another data base 10 reports a day. This cannot and will not happen again.

Submitted: 9/9/01

Modified: 9/9/01

Friday, August 17, 2001

Info: Mr. Chuck Wilcox

Dear Mr. Bernard Haldane,

SUBJECT: CLIENT WITHDRAWAL

I will give some background first; I had filled out your survey online and originally met with Stacey Halverson in your Maitland, Florida office. This was done after seeing an advertisement in the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper, in the employment section Titled "JOB HUNTING, $30,000-$350,000" subsection Retiring Military seeking growth and better earnings in the private sector. I clearly saw this as an ad for job placement.

Here is another ad found in the employment section of the Orlando Sentinel "Management, Management Opportunities, Operations, Finance, Manufacturing, Bernard Haldane Associates, a leader in the employment industry since 1947, is in the process of choosing a select group of accomplished management professionals for the purpose of advancing their careers to a new plateau of excellence. For a confidential interview, please call Miss Greene: 407-660-8323.BHA Website www.jobhunting.com."

So then, in a meeting with Ms. Stacey Halverson she asked me what income bracket I was looking at. I stated $60,000.00. At that time she assured me as a future client, she would have no trouble finding me employment. We met once more on 23 July 2001 with my wife present "telling her with my background a job in the pay range of $80,000.00-$100,000.00 should be easy to find, and I wouldn't have to search the newspapers and internet any longer". "Ms. Halverson also stated that they put Haldane clients in positions where they can later go to employ other Haldane clients."

"Ms. Halverson also stated that the fee was based on how long they thought it would take to place you in a job by looking at your background.

She then "said I could place this on my charge account and it would take 45 days to process and most likely I would have a job by then and some companies pay part of the fee, all of the fee or none but with a job in that high an income bracket it is a good investment in yourself and a tax write off." At this point she looked at my wife saying she could usually read people but she couldn't on my wife, my wife the stated it sounded to good to be true and of course Ms. Halverson assured us both how she enrolled a s a client and had four job offers and took this one with Haldane. So after all that was told to me she took my charge card enrolled me as a client, and quickly slid the paperwork and said lets just sign these papers so we can get you started. I never had time to review the paperwork that later turned out to be the contract that contradicts all the lies she had just told.

I enrolled as client 23 July 2001, had six meetings with a career advisor, and did all that I was instructed to, produced a resume very similar to one I had already made myself. When I asked my advisor when he would find me job interviews, he said that was not his job, I stated that is not what Stacey had told me at all. So now, I am doing the same thing I did before I had met Haldane looking for jobs myself in the newspapers and on the Internet.

Further more when my resume was ready for my review it had spelling errors and was not formatted as I had wished. Online if you were to view my resume today it is all out of alignment and still not correct, a very professional job by my standards, how about you?

So now I'm at the point where I think what am I doing here wasting my time when I have already been doing all this myself prior to coming here.

On 15 August 2001 Stacey asks myself and another client to lunch where I tell her I'm not very pleased the way things are going and she offers "I don't want have any unhappy clients and would rather refund all your money if your not pleased". (A witness is available on request to her statement as the company representative stating the above).

So, on 16 August 2001 I discuss this with my wife and we decide I would be better off to seek employment on my own as I was doing before being a client Haldane.

On 17 August 2001, 1150 AM, I went to the Haldane office and asked for Stacey and informed her I will take her up on her offer of refunding all my money as previously stated. She now says she can not do that, as she does not have the authority to do so. This brings me to writing to you. I would feel obligated to pay something if I were not misled and lied to from the beginning. A disappointed veteran would not think you would have to use these tactics to make money.

Feel free to contact me with your decision or to discuss this matter further, Home Telephone 407) 668-9559.

Sincerely,

John & Donna Cormier

September 9, 2001

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