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IBA Global / Innovation Marketing review: it's mostly a door-to-door sales job rather than venue and business to business promotion 3

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I received an email invitation to an interview for IBA Global in Norwich (it seems they recently changed their name from Innovation Marketing to IBA Global) by Rebecca, their Recruitment Manager.

I'd like to warn people reading this that the email will be sent to you even if you have never applied to them, because they have registered with all the recruitment websites (reed, indeed, totaljobs etc.) and they can see your CV through them. The email is automatically generated and sent, asking you to confirm which date and time you can attend.

The email is vague and doesn't explain the job role, or the fact that income is 100% commission based, meaning that there is no hourly salary. Your gain depends solely on whether you have made a sale. I attended the 1st interview, where it was confirmed the job is 100% commission based, but was assured I'd receive 50-70 pounds for each sale I'd make. While I've never actually worked there to confirm whether this amount is accurate, I was actually willing to work on 100% commission as I found it to still be worth it, given that in an ordinary job you need to work 8 hours to make a max of 50-60 pounds.

However, what put me off in the end was that thanks to this website I found out that this is a door-to-door sales job. I called Rebecca, their recruitment manager in Norwich this morning to confirm it so I wouldn't be wasting my time attending the final interview for a door-to-door sales job. While attending events, venues and going to businesses to promote products is actually a part of the job as Rebecca confirmed, it seems to mainly be a door-to-door sales job as this is what they're doing at present, she said, and the way of promotion varies depending on which client the marketing company has at that time. When I stated I can't do door-to-door sales as the idea seems really awkward, she said we can't continue as I'd have to be eligible for all 3 ways of promotion (so I assume door-to-door is their main promotional method).

I was only interested in attending venues, events and businesses to promote products. I'm not emotionally or physically prepared to be promoting products in such a raw manner such as door-to-door sales (knocking on random people's houses).

To sum up, my main complaint is that it is nowhere stated on their invitational email or their website that they specialize in door-to-door sales. Their website only states that it's an event based marketing company where they promote the company's products at venues. The email also doesn't state that it's a 100% commission based job, thus tricking people new in job searching and in the business market. To find these things out you'd have to get so close as the 2nd interview stage or even your first starting date, as you'd find this info nowhere unless you found this forum.

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Ieva Šešetaitė
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Aug 23, 2018 5:39 pm EDT

Saved my life! I was invited to second interview. But door to door selling ? No wayy!

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Marin Buraca
, US
Mar 15, 2018 7:04 am EDT

Thx Man, you ve saved a day of my life beeing spent in vain ! Wish you all the best !

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Carley Everett
, US
Sep 20, 2017 9:27 am EDT
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VERY GOOD COMPLAINT. I don't remember applying for this job at all and I got a very similar email inviting me to an "appointment" with the Managing Director as they would like to meet with me to "discuss this opportunity further". It's for a "Brand Ambassador" role. They were very quick to send a link to their website as part of the email which like most other scams, depict happy "employees" smiling at the camera and going on outings. I know they found my CV through a recruitment website and decided to try and trick me into their scam. I have seen these type of scams before and once almost fell into a similar trap by another company but backed out before the "interview" as I saw many complaints like this one online. One thing I know as a recent graduate who is pretty much new to the whole jobseeking scene is that if it sounds too good to be true, IT IS. Avoid like the plague!