Phillips Carlyle International or Career Marketing Specialists, Inc.
Address:
12770 Coit Road, Suite 1216
Dallas Texas 75251
U.S.A.
Phone:
972-934-2204
Fax: 972-934-1432
Email: [email protected]
When I found myself in the unfamiliar position of being laid off, I received a call from company president, Mark Brown, of Phillips Carlyle International in response to a resume I had posted online. I was a little skeptical at first, but he asked me to come in and talk with him, and I figured that couldn't hurt.
I met with Mark who talked fast and furious, saying all the "buzz" words that a person out of work is needing to hear. He claimed they had access to resources which includes "unpublished job openings" and can hone your career search. I didn't sign up immediately.
After about a month or so of trying on my own and running into one dead end after another, I borrowed the $3250 and went back to see Mark Brown. This was in the first part of March. I told him I would give him until the first of April to find me a job. He agreed. He claimed he would put me in front of the decision makers in my industry and that I should expect $75,000 as a bottom line salary. So we wrote Phillips Carlyle a check on which we wrote " In full payment and satisfaction of services agreed to between the parties. Failure to perform as agreed will cause full refund by payee." Brown accepted the check, endorsed it, and cashed it.
Needless to say, I got no interviews. I occasionally got a list of companies or jobs by fax. Getting ahold of him by telephone was almost impossible. It took his office a week to "revise" my resume, which amounted to just moving things around. I saw no definite improvement in his version. I did everything on my part of the program as diligently as I could, but the folks at Phillips Carlyle are liars, plain and simple.
We have demanded our money back, but have been ignored so far. However, we will collect it one way or the other.
It is hard enough for those who are unemployed without a company like PCI hitting you when you are the most vulnerable in your job search. My advice, keep your money, Phillips Carlyle will only waste your valuable time and money and fill you with false hope and promises!
D.B.
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.
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