*2/27/09 - This page has been the most popular article on this miserably updated blog- Florida huh? Going to Miami next week- Maybe I'll give Sparta Marketing a visit. KEEP COMMENTING AND CONTRIBUTING YOUR EXPERIENCES!
The job searching process can be filled with incredibly frustrating ups and downs at any age. But like many college students, we are told our ambition and drive will set us apart. We are told environments that foster hard work and a "yes I can" approach are what job seekers love.
(Disclaimer: These claims are personal opinions and it is up to the reader to further investigate these to identify validity.)
But what if I told you there were organizations marketing themselves specifically to attract naive students fresh out of college. In order for this ploy to work the following things need to happen.
1. Strategically promising dream jobs to college students looking for a company to take them there.
2. Flooding the market with job postings to prevent any dispute or objection of that company to be found while organically searching.
3. Vague information. No actual positions are posted.
The following marketing firms seem to have PLASTERED the web with job postings. Not only do these companies appear to me to deceive college students, they also use the SAME CONTENT and positive job outlook on the sites of "different companies." I say this because each one of these links claim to be a different business in a different location on track for fast national growth.
Seam Marketing
Sparta Marketing Inc
Maxson Marketing
JMP Promo
JD Advertising Inc
These jobs are found throughout many job postings such as:
•Monster.com
•Careerbuilder.com
•Indeed.com
•And almost every major metropolitan job posting area.
Need proof of content copying? Check out the Testimonials:
Sparta Marketing Testimonials
JMP Promo Testimonials
JD Advertising Inc Testimonials
Seam Marketing and Maxon Marketing are flash sites and do not have direct links to their testimonial pages.
Other contradicting elements:
These five "Elite Marketing Firms" all claim to be a Fortune 500 company in their ads. At the same time, EVERY site is privately owned.
I feel there is NO written proof of each firm's "founders" other than the false websites.
In a Career Builder Forum posting, a college student writes about their experiences with Seam Marketing Interviews:
"This company completely misrepresents itself to recent college graduates."..."The first day they described a sports marketing position where I would make 38K per year and the second day they dragged us around for 8 hours! Also, there is no salary, it is entirely commission based. In no way would I rank this company as an 'Elite Employer'..."
There is also a negative posting on Rip Off Report about Seam Marketing.
Please repost or rewrite this article to pass on the information and warn other college students. Hopefully, if enough people write about this, link to this, or comment, organic search ratings of these companies will come higher!
Again, these are my insights and should not be viewed as fact. Please continue researching since at the very least, there is seems to be a high amount of misrepresentation.
Friday, March 21, 2008
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Please note that since the post was created, the Seam Marketing site is no longer up and running. On the other hand, the other example sites are still going strong and many visitors come to this post from their organic search queries. Sparta Marketing Inc, Maxson Marketing, JMP Promo, and JD Advertising Inc all still have the same similarities. Keep visiting, keep writing!
Thanks for the info. I believe Bulldog Marketing, Inc. at www.bulldogmarketing.net should be added to the scam list as it is identical in nature to the others.
Sparta Marketing Group Inc is 100% a scam. I went down there to check it out and it was very "shady and sketchy." Also their website is a joke. It has "word for word" copied content taken off other "wanna be" marketing company websites.
I have one of these 8 hour second interviews tomorrow I will go and post my findings tomorrow night. My job offer is with sparta marketing group and like everyone else I only see generic information about them online except for a charge which has been dismissed in palm beach county for misrepresentation.
Thank you for the info! I was recently contacted by Sparta Marketing and was concerned when I couldn't really find any "real" information about them. I hope word spreads about your blog so that other job seekers can avoid these companies as well.
I was contacted by Seam Marketing last May about 15 mins after I submitted my resume. The email said it was a tough process and I was considered because of my resume. When calling, the woman seemed rushed and wanted to have me visit ASAP- The next day (I was in a different state so she obviously never read my resume). I couldn't figure out the location of the sender by the IP address. A number of other scam marketing groups have popped up since.
I was contacted by Sparta Marketing INC and PFI Solutions, both called to give me an interview, they would be vague about salary information or if the position was only commision based..seemed like their goal was to get me to go to the interview not really knowing what I was applying for. They claim they are part of the 500 companies..website seems bogus..not worth anybody's time.
HAVE ANY OF YOU GUYS EVER BEEN TO THESE COMPANIES AND SAT DOWN WITH THE MANAGERS AND ASKED THEM THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE?
Glad to see so many notes confirming that Sparta is an allegedly shady operation ... thanks for the heads-up.
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