The Back story!

I’ve been unemployed for the last few weeks and thought I should have some kind of income come in while I look around for a job. I’ve been working at a local branch for quite some time and I thought I should point out why you should go somewhere else to find a job. I will say in a pinch if you need money then it will do but don’t expect any long term commitments. If you don’t get anything else from this post then here it is "Labor Ready is a joke most of the time!"

Waiting there for Hours!

This is one of those reasons why working for Labor Ready should be avoided. You are basically getting up at 5:30 am in the morning and sitting around at the branch until they have work available for you to go to. Some of these locations that they sent me out at were OK but I will talk about the other points in the reason why. Just because you show up doesn’t mean there will be a job and that you will work you full 8 hours. Some jobs are a 2 hours but you get paid for 4 hours, so you never really know what to plan on each day you go in. It isn’t anything like I am the only one complaining because you can read all about it on the Indeed forums.

Minimum Wage is the normal for them!

Now not to say that is a good thing but to remind people that they COULD be paying there workers even more. I have yet to see a job that I went out to do that was more than 8 dollars an hour. They advertise they have 9 to 12 dollar jobs but yet have done any of them. You could say I have very little reasons for people to take these assignments professionally. Nothing I have seen of this place has made me believe they will ever be anything but a stop gap. I also know that there are some people who also just get Minimum wage and that is. I’ve read forums about what people get paid and they also get Minimum wage.

Customer Services Reps!

The Customer Service Reps or CSR’s are constantly sending people out they like and some times not others. It doesn’t mean if you don’t have transportation that you will automatically not work but you will have to hope they want you. If they don’t they will go for someone else because they have their favorites. I know sometimes they don’t want to walk out side to ask people who are smoking or talking waiting for a job. They would rather pick someone who is already inside the building waiting for a job then outside.

Work Ethics!

Now I know I am hard worker but that doesn’t mean that others are. I’ve seen people sent out who had no such work ethic and would not really that hard and still get paid for the job. I guess it is because of the Minimum wage attitude towards the work they are doing. They get what they pay for, and that means they will get poor quality of works and poor quality of customers. I know that some of this isn’t the company’s fault but I have to believe if they would take a stand there would ultimately get better quality by paying more.

I’ve pretty much said what I will say but I encourage others who have worked for them to comment and tell me your experiences. I’d like to know if anyone actually get hired, or what you story is and let’s chat.

Have a Good work week!

Paul Sylvester

Being recruited doesn’t mean you need to pay!

I recently got an email from a recruiter. Here is what they email me:

I was forwarded your resume from my VP, and based upon your background we would like to extend you an offer to interview with us. We’ve recently expanded our National Healthcare Division and need individuals capable of working Full-Time and/or Part-Time for Marketing, Recruitment, and Business Development. Experience not required, although HR, Marketing, Sales, Recruitment, and Customer Service is a plus.

{Extra stuff}

Thank you,

Chelsea Cader

HR/Employment Generalist

HRP Staffing

(877) 636-4067 ext 310

After the initial email, I was really skeptical about this being a legitimate or not because of how vague this was. So I figured it wouldn’t hurt to do this Webinar and find out more information about this supposedly job. I listened and and everything seem just to good to be true.

If it sounds to good to be true then probably it isn’t!

This is one of those well known phrases that you have heard about in the past. It basically means that this one is supposedly job and they would say we were "Executive Recruiters Representatives" and after doing my research this isn’t something that you should even consider paying for. After doing some more research this company has very little information on the Better Business Bureau, which means this is a new site and they did try to tell me they have been doing this for quite some time.

Some more links to look at to find out more about this possible scam is:

• Yahoo Answers — http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110801112012AAbNuEQ
• 800 Notes — http://800notes.com/Phone.aspx/1-484-589-1011
• Piotrkrzyzek — http://www.piotrkrzyzek.com/mcsourcer-scam-or-not-employment-recruitment-scam-phishing/

After reading all these I have to agree everything that I thought is TRUE. They want to get like 199$ from you to train you but yet they are getting people to pay them this stupid fee. I could easily do this without there help. If you do your job and search about this company you will find out a lot about how they will try to make you pay for something that should be free and these jobs probably don’t pay you anything that can possibility be real. This company is dodgy and I wouldn’t give them any money and so should you!!

Keep it safe

Paul Sylvester

Some Other Names that popped up are:

• Joe Vetucci
• Joy Stevenson
• Devon Barrett

These are just a few that I have found that would like to make sure people know about these people so please post more names if it changes!!

Where Have I been?

Some of you have been asking that question and I really didn’t have time to answer them all. So I thought it would be better to post this and answer those questions. I know I haven’t been around the last few weeks to be truthful, I have been working really hard at getting ready to move. The apartment was a mess and there was only one person who would do it. That being me, I really didn’t get any major help on cleaning the apartment besides a friend helping moving two couches for me to the curb. I have been putting all my effort into cleaning that by the time I did get a chance to rest, I fell asleep most of the time. This has been a really big challenge for me because I have a 3 bedroom apartment that I am moving from and going into a really small complex where I am moving to so I had to decide what I must throw out and what I must keep.

Why Haven’t I posted lately?

Well if you read the first question it basically tells you what I have been doing. I do have to say It isn’t the only reason because as I am getting ready to move, I do not have a stable internet connection so that is the other reason why I haven’t posted. I am planning on doing the complete moving of my stuff this Saturday, so Hopefully starting next week when I am in my new place I will be able to post more frequently but as you can tell, it has been nothing short of a miracle that I got this far in the move. No help from anyone local but when I move to the new area, I will at least have more family support.

Don’t forget to use my Amazon Link!

I haven’t been on lately but anytime you use my Amazon Link, you will help me keep this blog running and be able to give out more gift certificates. So please don’t forget to bookmark my link and use it anytime you are going to go buy something from Amazon. This is going to be a short post but I should have more in the future once I get on my feet at my new location. Only time will tell and I hope you all had a great July 4th Weekend.

Keep it Real

Paul Sylvester

Sometimes Paying is better!

I’ve been playing around with the Free PPTP services but thought it would be nice to check out a paid version. I never like the idea of getting something for free because you never really know who might be doing it for nefarious reasons. Now that doesn’t mean that these free services are bad but they are better than not using anything. That being said, I came across a possible site that may be something that I will recommend in the future. The Idea is a simple, being able to use a VPN that can be used with Kubuntu and Ubuntu. They support Linux by helping people keep secure in today’s ever changing world.

I won’t know more until I test it!

This isn’t going to be a long post, because they seem to want me verify that I am a blogger. So in order to test this service I have to provide them with a link and you can see:

http://www.usaip.eu

I will also be having a how to for those of you who might want to connect to this service and actually have more security then PPTP. I like having more security while browsing and also hiding my IP from those people who are watching. All I can say is this is looking like a better service than anything that could be free. I’ll be reviewing their speeds and everything in the coming weeks but for the time being. I will being giving people an How To set up the service on your Kubuntu System.