Khalick Y

Employment Agencies Rip-off

Young people applying for employment positions really have it hard. Almost all of the employment agencies want you to send your application via fax. Really! In this day and age of electronic information these people want you to send a fax? Most young people have access to email but these people want you to fax your application to an 086.......... number. Hello! When a fax is sent to an 086-number, it goes directly to your email anyway. So why not supply an email address? There is a group of employment agencies that call themselves "Best practises" (sic!). Their application form consists of 12 pages. Add to this your CV, certificates, etc and the total number of pages exceeds 16. What does it cost to fax 16 pages for someone who has no access to a fax machine? If an email address is supplied this is done for free. By the way, I have just learnt that someone is making a lot of money if these 086 fax numbers are used. Now we know why these companies request a fax.