I signed on with Haldane in July. Paid $7,250 up front and agreed to another $4,250 if placed above a certain salary level. The facilities were splendid, they knew all the hot buttons, there was a lot of traffic. Specifically, I was promised that:
1. They knew how to get around HR. I already knew that HR was a real problem for me. They promised contacts in over 80,000 companies in the US. They promised that they could solve the HR problem.
2. That I would get my money back. They told me that they would not even send me on an interview unless the company was going to pay a fee and refund my money. They told me that many people put the fee on a credit card and got their money back before the credit card was even due.
3. That they, in fact, WERE a recruiting agency through Sterling Hightower. A young woman claiming to work for SH even attended one of my meetings with Haldane. The Haldane website is shared with SH.
I attended all the meetings, the group session, and worked the program hard.in September I signed up for unemployment and found out that everything that I had paid for through Haldane was available for free through the Texas Workforce Commission. I went back to Haldane and complained that they had done nothing for me that had any value. They had no business contacts at all, they couldn't help with HR in any fashion. Sterling Hightower, after 3 months had provided -0- leads of any value. And my 'counselor' laughed when I asked him about how my fee would be recovered.
Finally in November I realized it was all a scam and demanded a full refund. I filed a complaint with the Dallas BBB and with the Texas Attorney General. The Texas AG asked us to try to resolve it on our own. I have been wrestling this thing through the BBB process (which is another nightmare) and we are finally going to arbitration, although it hasn't been scheduled yet.
This company is a total FRAUD. They are trained well to decieve you but they have absolutely no ability to help you GET a job. Everything, absolutely everyting, that they offer is available for FREE. I found dozens of jobs that I was interested in and qualified for. They were of absoltuely no help in getting an interview. I never had a single interview during the entire 10 months that I was looking for a job. I finally did talk to a recruiter from MRI who told me, after quite a long conversation, that my resume was awful. The final insult, Haldane can't even write a resume that meets industry standards.
Tim
Mansfield, Texas
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