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winthorpe
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 Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 9:25 am Post subject: Requiring a deposit -- Recruitment scam? |
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Hello all,
Has anyone done business with Asia Recruitment Agency? They require a 20,000 baht deposit if someone accepts a job offer and claim that they will refund it on arrival. Also, they say that they will pay for transportation but deduct it from the deposit or from payroll. That doesn't make sense to me, so I asked them for clarification.
They say that last year, 17 people failed to appear for jobs that they accepted while overseas, and schools fined them for each no-show.
Does anyone know if this is legit? It sounds like a strange practice to me.
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tefl peasant
Joined: 09 Oct 2010
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 10:24 am Post subject: |
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Give a 20,000 Baht deposit overseas to an organization you've never met?
Absolutely NOT!
Beware.
Have you googled this organization to find any info on them? |
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winthorpe
Joined: 21 Oct 2009
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28, 2010 11:53 am Post subject: |
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| tefl peasant wrote: |
| Have you googled this organization to find any info on them? |
After I posted here, yeah. One of the first-page results is this thread.
Apparently, they're based in Singapore. I don't see much info on them.
I suppose that if I go to Bangkok, I could investigate more easily, if they have anyone there. |
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tttompatz
Joined: 06 Mar 2010
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Location: Talibon, Bohol, Philippines
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 8:26 am Post subject: Re: Requiring a deposit -- Recruitment scam? |
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| winthorpe wrote: |
Hello all,
Has anyone done business with Asia Recruitment Agency? They require a 20,000 baht deposit if someone accepts a job offer and claim that they will refund it on arrival. Also, they say that they will pay for transportation but deduct it from the deposit or from payroll. That doesn't make sense to me, so I asked them for clarification.
They say that last year, 17 people failed to appear for jobs that they accepted while overseas, and schools fined them for each no-show.
Does anyone know if this is legit? It sounds like a strange practice to me.
Thank you |
This one is SIMPLE:
(forgive my shouting but...)
YOU SHOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER PAY A RECRUITER ANY AMOUNT FOR ANYTHING and there is NO EXCEPTION to that. NONE.
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NigerianWhisper
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:34 am Post subject: Re: Requiring a deposit -- Recruitment scam? |
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| tttompatz wrote: |
YOU SHOULD NEVER, NEVER, NEVER PAY A RECRUITER ANY AMOUNT FOR ANYTHING and there is NO EXCEPTION to that. NONE.
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Absolutely agree. |
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winthorpe
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| Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 10:35 am Post subject: |
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In case anyone is interested, someone who runs another ESL website replied to me about Asia Recruitment Agency. He thinks that it is not a scam, just an agency with a bad business model.
He understands their concerns, stating that several teachers find jobs through agencies. Thai schools then sign the teachers directly without paying the agency a fee. However, he recommends that I look elsewhere. |
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