Complaint Review: BIO/HiProfile - Boston Massachusetts
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They are a ripoff. I was contacted by them in the Spring. I had just been laid-off from work. I went to a few meetings and bought into what they could do. I paid my $4,000 (money back guarantee) and hoped for the best. They assured me it would not take long and they would work with me to the end. At first it was great. I would come up to their offices and visit with them. We revised my resume, planned what companies I would go for and we developed letters for me to write. I did everything I was told to do. Nothing happened.
After six months I had only one interview throught them. Nothing else. Not even a follow-up meeting with the firm they connected me with.
Now I can not even get anyone from BIO to return my phone calls. I am always put into voice mail and nothing happens. No return phone calls even.
I have been had that is for sure.
I have learned from my mistakes. The one thing I did get was a new resume format that for the most part has been useful. I have also learned how to handle cold-calling and try to arrange meetings. I have been more successful that way than through them. So, maybe it was not a total loss, but I am still nowhere.
Be warned.
Joan
New York, New York
U.S.A.
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#1 UPDATE Employee
Rebuttal
AUTHOR: John - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, March 27, 2006
I had originally decided not to dignify these reports about HiProFilewritten by people who have never been clientsdescribing the company with pejoratives like rip-off, scam, and bait-and-switch. I have changed my mind because I now realize to what degree the internet, in its revolutionary and unprecedented capacity to increase information dissemination, can be harmful as well as helpful. The technology permits anyone to issue a scathing opinion about a person or company, or quote someone by name, no matter how salacious or untrue the statement. Using the internet, people can publish anything they want if they are careful to A) not use their real names/addresses and B) use a forum/website that is based offshore (Caribbean). The U.S. system of libel laws and due process is effectively rendered irrelevant, and the search engines do the rest.
Most people do not behave in such an irresponsible manner. Of the few reports on HiProFile cited here, I should point out that only one purports to be written by someone who actually experienced HiProFilealthough such an individual cannot be found anywhere in our candidate list. The other reports were apparently content to sully the Company and its personnel without having experienced HiProFile services; they were happy to merely echo the opinion of someone else who also had not worked with HiProFile.
HiProFile's business model (only contacting potential clients if it has opportunities) is a major success. It works with hundreds of organizations looking for senior executive talent, and places 8-10 executives each month at a fraction of the cost of retained search; it has, in fact, placed several hundred men and woman in prestigious companies. For anyone interested, HiProFile (now in its fourth year and expanding), can PROVE that it has an excellent reputation with the people who use it. Our website (www.hpfjobs.com) speaks for itself.
In closing, it has been said: the best thing about the internet is that there's so much information out there and the worst thing about the internet is that there's so much information out there.
John R. Shaffer
HiProFile CEO
P.S. For more information about the Rip-Off-Report, see the March 12, 2006 story in the Chicago Tribune
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