Complaint Review: Jeff Pearson Consulting - Ontario

Mr. Pearson took payment from me for J-1 waiver physician employment search services, but then would not sign a contract despite my repeated requests, likely because he did not intend to provide the service in the first place. Mr. Pearson only recently responded, justifying withholding a signed contract, saying, The contract is for my protection. If you purchase a car and you sign a purchase of sale-you bought the car. Mr. Pearson chose a fitting comparison a car salesman. He also did not provide the employment search services that he claimed he would provide, which led directly to my missing medical employment opportunities for a full year. The only way I could remain in the U.S. after missing the work visa waiver application deadline of October 1 was to further my training. I had not sought other employment as I had expected Mr. Pearson to sign the contract and provide the job search service after I sent him the check. Pearson also sent a list of his supposed customers but this is actually a list of customers of his previous employer, not clients of Jeff Pearson Consulting. Mr. Pearson simply wanted the deposit, and did not want to live up to the terms of any contract, as he did not intend to provide the service in the first place.

Mr. Pearson Did Not Identify any Suitable Positions

Mr. Pearson also states that he would "'identify' suitable practices/positions" and then claims that I never accepted the positions he offered he never offered any positions in any of the locations we had discussed, where he promised positions were available. He had claimed in conversations that it would be simple for him to arrange for interviews in places like Phoenix (where he said he could arrange jobs "all day and all night") and Virginia he never arranged for interviews (See the enclosed email messages). He claimed to be able to arrange a position in rural Massachusetts, but when I took the time off training to travel there, no interview had been arranged and no position was available! After taking my check, the only other position Pearson claimed he could arrange was one in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a location that was clearly not suitable (At the outset, we had made clear that we needed to find a location where my spouse could also work, which meant being near a major city) and was not one of the 10 or 15 places we had discussed as possibilities the position in Louisiana, post-Katrina, was advertised throughout all the medical publications and websites and I even received a direct mailing for it no one would need a recruiting consultant to find this position!

Background:

Pearson promised he could easily arrange interviews in Arizona, Texas, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Maryland. He NEVER offered interviews in ANY of these locations. He only ever offered an interview in Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- that's it -- a location that I had never expressed interest in. More recently, Jeff Pearson suggested that I my country is more needy of physicians than is the U.S. "Of course, [your country] needs physicians "much more" than the US currently as well" and that "there are a lot more needy, poor people in Louisiana, [your country], and other places than there are in Phoenix, New York or Connecticut." It doesn't seem he ever intended to find positions in those locations and perhaps expected me to return to my country of origin.

Jeff Pearson responded to my request for a refund: 'A criminal lawyer does not return money collected from his client because the client is convicted of an offence." Mr. Pearson chose a strange comparison, a criminal lawyer I thought that he was supposed to help with a J1 waiver search.

Save your money and find a reputable J1 waiver search consultant. In my search, I've learned that most reputable consultants only charge the employers a fee, and don't charge any fee at all to job-seekers. Also check with ARC, the Rural Assistance Center, and the VA.

Aga

Darien, Connecticut

U.S.A.