William Baxter Projects review: Employment scam 87

I just received the same email - thanks to you all for posting your experiences.

I have responded in a manner that reflects their reputation.

I thought it was odd that they REQUIRED me to come in for a face to face interview (as I have had dozens of phone interviews with recruiters and headhunters who never required to meet with me face to face), so I decided to Google their phone number, and this website popped up. Good call, thanks everyone.

Thank you for the post. I have received the following email:
Dear Mr.XXX

I have recently noticed your online resume. Your background does not match our current needs, however I would like to direct it to one of our affiliate career search firms. They are based out of Toronto and specialize in assisting experienced professionals like yourself. If you wish, please reply to info@williambaxterprojects.com and attach a recent version of your resume.

Best Wishes,

W.Baxter

William Baxter Projects
I was suspicious. Thank you again.

I received a similar email from William Baxter as well. I responded back by sending my resume and couple of days later I was contacted by a lady who introduced herself as Susan from Job Success (website www.to-job-sucess.net). I asked for her last name but she said that she is the only Susan in the office. She set up a meeting with me on Monday Feb 1 and mentioned that I will be meeting with Mr. Smith. I went to the meeting on time and was greeted by gentleman from Asian background, who introduced himself as William H.G. Kim. He asked me lots of questions about my past experience and also the salary I was making in my last position. He then mentioned that he would like to setup a second meeting with and my wife the next day to go over their process and plans. Even though, it was a strange invitation I accepted it. The following day, my wife and I went to their office at 350 Bay Street Level 9 and met with William. He started talking to us about their process and all the services that they would offer. After 2 hours, he put a contract in front of me that required me to pay them more than $6, 000 as a retainer fee and in return they will find me a job or a career. I quickly figured out that this was a scam as I had always heard that recruiters are not supposed to charge the candidates. We just told him that we are not interested in their service and left.
I wished that I had read these comments prior to my meeting. It would have saved me 2 days and $40 of parking fees.

Me too,
I got the call from a lady referred by William this morning, arranged an appointment for me
tomorrow, thank you for the message posted here, i found not nothing about this firm except for
a website. The email I got as same as you. I asked the lade to send me a website to confirm the
location of their office, she said no internet. How strange! BTY, the phone number is [protected]

Thanks for posting this comment. You saved me 2 hours of my time! I booked with them thinking they were a regular recruiting agency. Thought it was odd there was no website associated with them even though the woman that called said they had been in business for 10 years. After digging a bit deeper I found your post and other references to their scamming ways. I immediately called back and said I wanted to cancel the appt. When she asked why and I mentioned seeing negative reports on the web, she hung up. the address she was sending me to was 350 Bay Street 9th Floor - matches to the RDG Careers site you mentioned http://www.rdgcareers.com/. Clearly the William Baxter website is just a cover up http://williambaxterprojects.com/

I have received the same e-mail yesterday.
Thank you for reporting this, you just saved me precious time and nerves!

Max

P.S. Pressed "Report Spam" button now.