A friend of mine is still trying to recover from the shock of losing N50,000Naira to a group of scammers who promised him a lucrative job with a Multinational Oil company.
My friend who has been jobless for about 5 years was elated when he recieved an email from an online recruitment agency offering him a Job, as his CV matched all the requirements of the Oil company. He was asked to come down to their offices with original certificates and registration fees, He even saw a draft copy of his employment contract. He did what he thought was enough due diligence by calling up the actual company to find out if the vacancy was actually existing, Yes was the answer from their Human Resources.
My friend thought his prayers have finally been answered. After money had exchanged hands, they kept on postponing the start date, offering various excuses why he could not start yet, only to get to their office one day and be told they have moved with no forwarding address.
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Is there no register body or trade association for recruitment agencies in Nigeria? Abi they are just preying on the Million’s of jobless youth?
What on earth was the payment for? Do you pay a company to give you a job? Your friend only has his or herself to blame!
If I were him or her, I would stop mentioning it to people otherwise, they’ll laugh at their stupidity.
the payment was for registration and processing fees I guess!
Virtualy allthe recruiting firm we have around today are fraudstars, there;s no one of them that is real, they are only out to defraud job seekers. Imagine asking someone without a job to pay you to get a job. Does it make any sense, asking someone to give what they dont have? Some of this job seeker even had to borrow money. All recruiting firms should be bound from carrying out such activities, is just that our society lives on corruption, it would have been very posiible to enforce such a law. An example of a fraudulent recruiting agency is ESTHER BREAKTHROUGH LIMITED, 82 CLEGG STREET, BYFEDERAL FIRE SERVICE, OFF WESTERN AVENUE, OJUELEGBA SURULERE, LAGOS. This agency go as far as plannig with the so called firm that poses to need an employee to defraud job seekers. An example of such posers is BAROSYS CONSULT AT OBRITUS PLACE, 15 AKINREMI STREET, ANIFOWOSHE, OFF OBAFEMI AWOLOWO WAY, IKEJA, LAGOS. This my personal experience.
I guess it is his own fault. I would never pay to get a job, only if it were the best out there and after my position in the place was secure would I pay up.
theres nothing wrong using a job agency . u didnt have to pay such an amount . infact most recruitment agency offer free registration. and deal with their clients (firms) directly for payment not the job hunter. the guy made a big mistake