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Similar to the other reports, an executive recruiter contacted me to see if I would be interested in exploring executive level opportunities. However, after introducing me to the team leader for the recruitment project for the group, he experienced trouble uploading my resume to their candidate management system. From there, I have received several messages asking me to get my resume ATS optimized from Resume-Experts.net and once that is done we can schedule a call.

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The Exec Recruiting Group has a professional looking website, but no Linked In presence.

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I got an email recently from a "recruiter" asking me for a copy of my resume. I sent a PDF of my resume, and a few days later got this, from another person with the same alleged company:

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Hi Mark,

This email is in response to the resume you've sent to us. I am the team leader on this project and have received your information from Robert Walter.

We are having an issue with your resume. We can open the file without any issues but the problem is with the way information in your resume is structured and formatting used which is resulting in a lot of missing information in experience fields when your resume is parsed by the candidate management systems. Please check your resume and try fixing the issue so we can load your resume in our candidate tracking system.

I converted the file type and tried both Word and PDF but still having the same issue. I asked my colleague and apparently, it is a common issue. He instructed me to ask you to check your resume through https://optimisedresumes.com/ and see if you can identify and fix the problem.

We have a call scheduled with the client on Thursday and I will try to make a brief introduction. I am available for a call anytime on Friday. Let me know a time that works for you and I will call you to answer your questions and discuss the next steps. In the meantime please try to get your resume issue fixed so our timing is not affected

Best regards,

Andrew Lee
Senior Executive Recruiter
Mason Executives Staffing Inc.
www.masonexecutivesstaffing.com

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Glad I took the time to look into this!

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Just fell for this same scam. Be very aware!
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Hi Brad,

This email is in response to the resume you've sent to us. I am the team leader on this project and have received your information from Julie Wilson.

We are having an issue with your resume. We can open the file without any issues but the problem is with the way information in your resume is structured and formatting used which is resulting in a lot of missing information in experience fields when your resume is parsed by the candidate management systems. Please check your resume and try fixing the issue so we can load your resume in our candidate tracking system.

I converted the file type and tried both Word and PDF but still having the same issue. I asked my colleague and apparently, it is a common issue. He instructed me to ask you to check your resume through https://optimisedresumes.com/ and see if you can identify and fix the problem.

We have a call scheduled with the client on Tuesday next week and I will try to make a brief introduction. I am available for a call anytime on Wednesday next week. Let me know a time that works for you and I will call you to answer your questions and discuss the next steps. In the meantime please try to get your resume issue fixed so our timing is not affected

Best regards,

David Olson
Senior Executive Recruiter
Collins Global Staffing Inc.
www.collinsglobalstaffing.com

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- Hoboken, NJ, USA
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I was contacted by a false recruiter from absolute recruiters (I filed a separate claim about them) and was told the resume I sent them for an employer seeking to fill a job was formatted incorrectly. I was told to use “optimised resumes” to re-format my resume and upon a google search I realized it was a fraud and scam- from both parties.

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After being contacted by a recruiter, I received this email from his colleague, directing me to optimise my resume for $5. I know my resume is professionally written and strucrtured and I wrote back that if they have a serious client they should just send my resume, as is. I am engaging in a serious career search right now, for the good of myself and my family. It's sick that people would try tactics like this to exploit my hopes and scam me out of money:

Hello ,

This email is in response to the resume you've sent to us. I am the team leader on this project and have received your information from David Gordon.

We are having an issue with your resume. We can open the file without any issues but the problem is with the way information in your resume is structured and formatting used which is resulting in a lot of missing information in experience fields when your resume is parsed by the candidate management systems. Please check your resume and try fixing the issue so we can load your resume in our candidate tracking system.

I converted the file type and tried both Word and PDF but still having the same issue. I asked my colleague and apparently, it is a common issue. He instructed me to ask you to check your resume through https://optimisedresumes.com and see if you can identify and fix the problem.

We have a call scheduled with the client on Tuesday next week and I will try to make a brief introduction. I am available for a call anytime on Wednesday next week. Let me know a time that works for you and I will give you a call to discuss the next steps and in the meantime please try to get your resume issue fixed so our timing is not affected.

Best regards,

William Henderson
Senior Executive Recruiter
Absolute Headhunters Inc.
www.absoluteheadhunters.com

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Thanks for sharing your experience. I got EXACTLY the same email from [email protected]. I will put on my JUNK/SPAM list.

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- Liverpool, NY, USA
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This is the first email I received, from [email protected]

Hello [my name], I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities. I am Executive Recruiter of TLE Recruiting Inc. Our client 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 at [name of business where I previously worked], I think you are a very credible candidate. If you are interested in learning more, please reply back to this email with an updated copy of your resume and I will connect you with the recruiter leading this project and schedule an introductory call. Best regards, James Hartnett Senior Executive Recruiter TLE Recruiting Inc. www.tlerecruiting.com

After I responded to James' email, I received one from [email protected]

Hello [my name], This email is in response to the resume you've sent to us. I am the team leader on this project and have received your information from James Hartnett. We are having an issue with your resume. I asked my colleague and apparently, it is a common issue. He instructed me to ask you to check your resume through https://optimisedresumes.com and see if you can identify and fix the problem. We can open the file without any issues but the problem is with the way information in your resume is structured and formatting used which is resulting in a lot of missing information in experience fields when your resume is parsed by the candidate management systems. Please check your resume and try fixing the issue so we don't have to manually type everything in our candidate tracking system. We have a call scheduled with the client on Thursday and I will try to make a brief introduction. I am available for a call anytime on Friday. Let me know a time that works for you and I will give you a call to discuss the next steps and in the meantime please try to get your resume issue fixed so our timing is not affected. Best regards, George Hartley Senior Executive Recruiter TLE Recruiting Inc. www.tlerecruiting.com

I then paid $5 for a resume review through Optimised Resumes, and received this email, from [email protected]

Hello [name],

Thank you for sending me your resume. I have tested your resume on various ATS Systems and none of them were able to parse your experience correctly. For example, Taleo which is one of the most commonly used ATS is mixing the dates and missing some of the job descriptions. Similar issues on other resumes too. Your contact information is all correctly parsed by every system I tested so that is good.

It looks like you are making extensive use of text formatting which can cause issues with the majority of the applicant tracking software. Some of your text formattings are converted into non-ASCII text and often results in errors related to "Required Fields/Missing Information" when uploading into software or causes the software to skip many of the important fields. I do not think the use of formatting you have will cause any outright rejections by software but some of the smaller applicant tracking software providers may not accept your resume at all.

On the flip side, the look and feel of your resume is attractive enough to win recruiters. It is good enough even for someone at your level who is competing with candidates who have spent thousands perfecting their resumes. Your resume is well written and I do not think you need the services of a professional resume writer to showcase your experience but I highly recommend you consider investing a small amount in ATS Optimizing your current resume or one of our designed versions. Like I said your design is good enough where you do not need to spend extra on a new design if you do not want to and just ATS Optimizing your resume should do the job for you. If you want to ensure a 100% success rate with applicant tracking systems I recommend you use our ATS Optimization service here: https://optimisedresumes.com/atsResumes

If you prefer a new design, know that our designed resumes include ATS Optimization by default and you can learn how we achieve that by visiting How We Do It page of our website. Using this proprietary layering technology, we can guarantee your resume will not be rejected by any applicant tracking software or cause any other errors otherwise we will offer you a full refund.

If you minimize the formatting to only bold, italic, replace any bullet points with numbered lists because some systems do not like bullet points then your current resume should be acceptable by major software providers but if you run into a job application linked with one of the older systems, you will most certainly run into issues due to the text formatting being converted into non-ASCII characters. Even the major ATS systems are not able to parse all your information correctly so I highly recommend you completely re-do your resume using a template from either Google Drive or Microsoft Word instead of some third party. Alternatively, you can order ATS Optimization Service from our website and we can optimize your current resume without making any changes to the content or design through our layering technology. So I recommend that you place your order soon if you are interested in using our services.

Let me know if you have any questions or if I can help you with anything else.

P.S. If you can place your order today, we shall deliver it first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks,

Veronica

Optimised Resumes

I paid the $99 to get the "layered technology." They sent me back my resume. I sent my resume back to "George." I never heard back from him so I started to further research TLE Recruiting and Optimised Resumes, and found this https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/resume-scams-avoidats-optimization-services-amand...⇄ Seems Optimised Resumes used to use https://layered-designs.com/.

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WOW, I was just checking out the same company from a different "recruiter". Looks like the exact same text, just different names and email addresses. You helped to save me on this one. Thanks for reporting this.

Lonnie S.

[email protected]
Tue, Jun 15, 10:38 AM (8 days ago)
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Hello Lonnie,

I am reaching out to see if you would be interested in exploring new opportunities. I am Executive Recruiter of C-Suite Employment and our client 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; based on your previous experience at Hunt Optics Imaging, I think you are a very credible candidate.

If you are interested in learning more, please reply to this email with an updated copy of your resume. I will connect you with the recruiter leading this project and schedule an introductory call.

Best regards,

George Janson
Senior Executive Recruiter
C-Suite Employment Inc.
www.csuiteemployment.com

After I replied I got this:

Re: Executive Level Opportunities
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Todd Friedman
Wed, Jun 16, 10:50 AM (7 days ago)
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Hello Lonnie,

This email is in response to the resume you've sent to us. I am the team leader on this project and have received your information from George Janson.
We are having an issue with your resume. I asked my colleague and apparently, it is a common issue. He instructed me to ask you to check your resume through https://optimisedresumes.com and see if you can identify and fix the problem.

We can open the file without any issues but the problem is with the way information in your resume is structured and formatting used which is resulting in a lot of missing information in experience fields when your resume is parsed by the candidate management systems. Please check your resume and try fixing the issue so we don't have to manually type everything in our candidate tracking system.

We have a call scheduled with the client on Tuesday next week and I will try to make a brief introduction. I am available for a call anytime on Wednesday next week. Let me know a time that works for you and I will give you a call to discuss the next steps and in the meantime please try to get your resume issue fixed so our timing is not affected.

Best regards,

Todd Friedman
Senior Executive Recruiter
C-Suite Employment Inc.
www.csuiteemployment.com

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