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- Kalispell, MT, USA

From: Darlene Stewart <[email protected]>

Sent: Friday, June 30, 2023 4:09 AM

To: XXXX

Subject: Regarding Job Opportunity

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various data entry level position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/</[email protected]>

- Vineland, NJ, USA

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various Date Entry level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

- Vero Beach, FL, USA

Mentioned a job opportunity and to change my resume to an ATS resume from this company: cmsresexp.com. I used a free ATS format and "she" said it wasn't good enough and here was her response:

This did not work as well. Issue is not related to the file format. Your resume needs to be optimized by the recommended team. The recommended team is https://cmsresexp.com

This is a consistent push to obtain services from cmsresexp.com.

- North Easton, MA, USA

I received the following email:

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Darlene Stewart and I am an Executives Search Director in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill Chief Operating position in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151

https://perecruitinginc.com/

Followed by the following email:

***** ****,

The role is aligned with your experience. Unfortunately, your resume does not parse correctly into the Candidate Management System. In order to move forward, I need your ATS compatible resume ASAP. You may contact https://cmsresexp.com for ATS Compatible Resume.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the position or company with you at this time. I will check my schedule and let you know a few time slots for a brief phone call after the initial process.

Best Regards,

Darlene Stewart

Executives Search Director

PE Recruiting Inc.

- Englishtown, NJ, USA

The same letter shown on this site that was sent to a candidate in March 2023 was sent to me. I was told that I had to have my resume formatted for the candidate tracking systems and a fee would be charged for that service.

- Denver, CO, USA

***** *****,

The role is aligned with your experience. Unfortunately, your resume does not parse correctly into the Candidate Management System. In order to move forward, I need your ATS compatible resume ASAP. You may contact https://cmsresexp.com for ATS Compatible Resume.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the position or company with you at this time. I will check my schedule and let you know a few time slots for a brief phone call after the initial process.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 5:46?PM ***************************** wrote:

Hello,

I am interested in learning more. Please find a current version of my CV attached.

******* ***** I am sorry that I can’t disclose any information at this stage. Please send your resume for the initial process with the client.

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

On Mon, Jun 12, 2023 at 10:20?AM ***************************** wrote:

Does that mean you only recruit for private equity firms?

From: Clay Martin <[email protected]>

Sent: Monday, June 12, 2023 6:40 AM

Subject: Regarding Job Opportunity

[External Email - Use Caution]

Hello,

I hope this message finds you well. My name is Clay Martin and I am a Sr. Recruiting Specialist in PE Recruiting Inc. a reputable Global Recruitment Firm. I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities.

One of our clients has retained us to fill various senior level positions in one of their recent acquisitions. I was referred to you by an outside talent sourcing firm and based on your previous experience I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested and want to learn more, please reply to this email with a copy of your resume as soon as possible. I will forward it, along with a brief introduction to the client and will contact you back to complete the NDA and get started.

Note: We are a retained search firm and get paid by the employer. You will not be asked to share any confidential information or pay any fees.

Company Size: $2.5B

Best Regards,

Clay Martin

Sr. Recruiting Specialist

PE Recruiting Inc.

745 5th Avenue, 5th Floor

New York City, NY 10151</[email protected]>***********************************...

- Marlboro, NJ, USA

Darlene Stewart reached out to me with email. It said I was a good fit a senior financial role and asked I provide her an ATS formatted resume. She then provided a linked: https://cmsresexp.com for me to pay for a $17 service to get my resume to their ATS standard. This is very atypical since many recruiter system can easily read my resume with today's AI technology. Fishy!

- Fairfax, VA, USA

I got the same exact email and they kept asking for me to use https://cmsresexp.com/ to change my resume format to ATS compliant! That service is paid service, which lead me to believe it might be a scam. I searched online and notice the same complaint registered.

- Menomonee Falls, WI, USA

Emailed as a headhunter with a potential opportunity and asked for updated resume. Then stated updated resume was rejected by their ATS system and to please use the free ATS resume scanner at csuiteresume.com to evaluate and fix my resume for ATS systems. Report back from csuiteresume.com said resume looked good for humans but give them $99 and they would make it perfect for ATS systems and humans. That's when I stopped.

- Darien, CT, USA

Reached out to by Alex Jones:

I am Alex Jones, Senior Executive Recruiter at EPZ Headhunters Inc. Our client has retained us to fill various senior-level positions in their organization.

Our Talent Acquisition Manager mentioned that you might be a good fit for one of the open positions. From what I have seen on your Linkedin profile, your background is impressive and you've done some interesting things similar to our client's needs.

Let me know if you are interested in learning more by responding to this email with a copy of your resume.

Regards,

Alex Jones

Senior Executive Recruiter

EPZ Headhunters Inc.

https://www.epzheadhunters.com

Then reached out to by Andrew Smith (Didn't proceed after this)

Hello ****,

I am Andrew Smith, the Executive Recruiter at EPZ Headhunters Inc. Alex Jones has sent me your resume and asked me to schedule a call with you.

Our system is unable to load your resume. It looks like your resume is not ATS-friendly. Please get a free resume review from: https://www.csuiteresume.com/freereview

and try to fix your resume issues.

We respect the confidentiality and privacy of both parties, so be sure that we'll never share your personal details and even your name with the employer before your approval. We use Applicant Tracking System to share your resume with the employer confidentially. The system hides your name and personal details when presenting your resume to the employer.

For reasons of confidentiality and non-disclosure, I am not able to share any details of the employer with you at this time, unfortunately. However, we have a meeting scheduled with the client on Thursday and I would love to discuss the opportunity with you after that.

I'll be available for a Zoom conference on Friday if that works for you? In the meantime, please try to fix your resume issues, so our timing is not affected.

Regards,

Andrew Smith

Executive Recruiter

EPZ Headhunters Inc.

https:/epzheadhunters.com

- New York, NY, USA

Was contacted via email by an Alex Jones ([email protected]) of EPZ Headhunters about recruiting for particular roles. I was then asked to share a resume, after which I was told it did not upload to their ATS system by an Andrew Smith ([email protected]) and was asked to use https://www.csuiteresume.com/freereview to assess the resume, which would require submitting more personally identifiable information. I did not proceed from there.

I received an email from a Darlene Stewart at PE Recruiting. They claim to be an executive recruiting firm and are requesting your resume. Before I engage...I do some research first. I reviewed the PE Recruiting website and it looked legit. However, there is no presence of Darlene Stewart or the company PE Recruiting on Linkedin. I was surprised by this...especially given that the firm is in the business of recruiting executives. Additionally, I checked the Better Business Bureau and there is no listing of PE Recruiting Inc.

But, there was a report about this company being a scam. That person reported that they want an individual to pay to have there resume re-done.

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