Posted by Stedanko on July 12, 2007, 8:42 am
Timo Geusch wrote:
> > Is there something specific that brings you to the US?
>
> Just the fact that The Wife is a US citizen - I'm actually based in
> the UK which makes this whole "helping her find a job" lark a bit
> awkward as I'm 6000 miles away.
I see. I didn't realize she was American.
> > Calgary, Canada
> > is booming and is desperate for workers of all kinds. I have no idea
> > what the visa situation is like. The other issue that comes with the
> > boom is that housing is a bit excessive right now here.
>
> Heh. You really don't want to know how much I paid for this little two
> bedroom house that I live in in the UK. Around the area in Florida
> where her parents live (Deland, near Daytona Beach), that would've
> bought me a nice five bedroom house. And I still have a three hour
> commute from here.
I might have a bit of an idea. I lived in St Albans, just north of
London for 2 years with my wife and 3 kids. We got back about a year
and a half ago. What we paid versus what we got was rediculous. It was
fun though.
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Stedanko
'95 FXSTS
Posted by Timo Geusch on July 12, 2007, 5:40 pm
> <snip>
>> So the main question is, is it normal in the US for an agent to ask for
>> money up front? It sounds strange to me, but then again, things are
>> different in the US compared to Europe.
>>
> I'm not in HR, but have used employment agencies to hire employees. most
> of them are scams. there are a few good ones. try a google search on
> headhunters. also do a google on the company she is talking to, see what
> you come up with. check with D&B to see if they are listed. Just as an
> employer would check referances, check theirs.
I make come across very thick, but who or what are "D&B"?
<goes to Google>
I assume you mean D&B as in Dun and Bradstreet / 'dnb.com'?
They're not listed under the name on their website, and the phone
numbers I have for them cough up other companies in Nevada using the D&B
reports. I'm a bit too tight yet to look at the full reports but I would
assume that doing a search via phone number on dnb.com and getting hits
on companies in a different town is not necessarily a good thing.
Have another beverage on me!
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[No Harley yet]
>
> Just the fact that The Wife is a US citizen - I'm actually based in
> the UK which makes this whole "helping her find a job" lark a bit
> awkward as I'm 6000 miles away.