I do not recommend Debra Feldman/JobWhiz. Her services are false, misleading and are a complete waste of money. After five months of working with her I have no executive position as guaranteed by her and was told would be swift. I spent over $10,000 with her and had her perform phase one and two of her services and have no position to show for it. I expected for that level of investment and my time completing and extensive questionnaire, she would help me obtain an executive level position. I chose to work with her because of her seventeen years of experience as an agent, not a recruiter, and her background in healthcare, which is similar to mine. There are several claims she makes in her engagement paperwork, emails etc. that are false. Such as
She says the quicker you spend the money the quicker you can find an executive position and start earning a high income again, instead of staying in a lower paying position and not getting paid what your worth.
She says you have to qualify as a good candidate first and that I did. I believe she takes anyone who will give her the money.
She touts having a 99% success rate. This is false. I have been working in the healthcare/business industry for three decades and have been a chief executive officer of a company before. I am basically a shoe-in with my knowledge, experience and high work ethic. I don’t believe I fall in the 1% off people who don’t have success. I even gave her the option of helping me stay in healthcare or changing to another career.
She lures clients in by saying she will get them introductions to hiring agents so that it is easier to get the higher-level positions. She also then implies that she must do this discreetly so she doesn’t get in trouble, although I’m not sure with whom she would be in trouble.
I did sign all the engagement agreements with Debra, but they are written in such a vague and ambiguous way that she can pretty much do whatever she chooses to do or not do and there is no recourse. She is not to be trusted. I advise you not to give her any money. I wish I would had someone leave a review like this so that I would have known ahead of time.
This "Job agent" won't get you a job, but WILL cost you a fortune
I concur.
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman, the founder of JobWhiz, claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets particularly insecure groups like career changers or people with unusual work history. Beware. My experience is you will be charged 10 000 dollars or more, to be sent a questionnaire and receive a poorly written summary of your answers to said questionnaire. That's it. From then on, any extra help you ask for, (even to analyse a job opportunity you found yourself) will be charged extra. You have to look long on hard on the web to find the clues, but they are there: complaints of similar misconduct from go back as far as 2004. And who knows how many shame has kept silent?
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman, the founder of JobWhiz, claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets particularly insecure groups like career changers or people with unusual work history. Beware. My experience is you will be charged 10 000 dollars or more, to be sent a questionnaire and receive a poorly written summary of your answers to said questionnaire. That's it. From then on, any extra help you ask for, (even to analyse a job opportunity you found yourself) will be charged extra. You have to look long on hard on the web to find the clues, but they are there: complaints of similar misconduct from go back as far as 2004. And who knows how many shame has kept silent?
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me to believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets a particularly insecure group: the career changers.
After a single phone call and intense pressure to issue a quick payment, I was asked to sign a client agreement containing enough buzzwords and vague promises to give the impression that she had some sort of secret connection to decision makers ... and rare industry information that would get me back on the workforce.
The amount asked: 9 400 dollars plus an additional 500 to expedite reception of the start-off questionnaire. The thing is, the questionnaire is actually all you get. A very, very long questionnaire. Long enough that you basically analyse your situation yourself. And then Ms Feldman swoops in and offers a summary of your answers. That's it. 9 to 10 000 dollars for a poorly written summary of your answers.
Anything else you might need costs extra, with no garantee you'll actually get the service you payed for. In my case, I payed an extra 500 dollars to get an analysis of a job posting, analysis that was never delivered. My suggestion: file a complaint with the BBB as I did, ask for a refund as I did, move on to legal action if you are ignored as I will. And reach out to others who have faced a similar distress to join forces.
This is preying on people at their weakest; it has been going on for as far back as 2014 (that we know of, but how many are too ashamed to speak up?); and this has to stop.
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I do not recommend Debra Feldman/JobWhiz. Her services are false, misleading and are a complete waste of money. After five months of working with her I have no executive position as guaranteed by her and was told would be swift. I spent over $10,000 with her and had her perform phase one and two of her services and have no position to show for it. I expected for that level of investment and my time completing and extensive questionnaire, she would help me obtain an executive level position. I chose to work with her because of her seventeen years of experience as an agent, not a recruiter, and her background in healthcare, which is similar to mine. There are several claims she makes in her engagement paperwork, emails etc. that are false. Such as
She says the quicker you spend the money the quicker you can find an executive position and start earning a high income again, instead of staying in a lower paying position and not getting paid what your worth.
She says you have to qualify as a good candidate first and that I did. I believe she takes anyone who will give her the money.
She touts having a 99% success rate. This is false. I have been working in the healthcare/business industry for three decades and have been a chief executive officer of a company before. I am basically a shoe-in with my knowledge, experience and high work ethic. I don’t believe I fall in the 1% off people who don’t have success. I even gave her the option of helping me stay in healthcare or changing to another career.
She lures clients in by saying she will get them introductions to hiring agents so that it is easier to get the higher-level positions. She also then implies that she must do this discreetly so she doesn’t get in trouble, although I’m not sure with whom she would be in trouble.
I did sign all the engagement agreements with Debra, but they are written in such a vague and ambiguous way that she can pretty much do whatever she chooses to do or not do and there is no recourse. She is not to be trusted. I advise you not to give her any money. I wish I would had someone leave a review like this so that I would have known ahead of time.
This "Job agent" won't get you a job, but WILL cost you a fortune
I concur.
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman, the founder of JobWhiz, claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets particularly insecure groups like career changers or people with unusual work history. Beware. My experience is you will be charged 10 000 dollars or more, to be sent a questionnaire and receive a poorly written summary of your answers to said questionnaire. That's it. From then on, any extra help you ask for, (even to analyse a job opportunity you found yourself) will be charged extra. You have to look long on hard on the web to find the clues, but they are there: complaints of similar misconduct from go back as far as 2004. And who knows how many shame has kept silent?
Jobwhiz: preying on unemployed executives
I concur with the previous review.
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman, the founder of JobWhiz, claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets particularly insecure groups like career changers or people with unusual work history. Beware. My experience is you will be charged 10 000 dollars or more, to be sent a questionnaire and receive a poorly written summary of your answers to said questionnaire. That's it. From then on, any extra help you ask for, (even to analyse a job opportunity you found yourself) will be charged extra. You have to look long on hard on the web to find the clues, but they are there: complaints of similar misconduct from go back as far as 2004. And who knows how many shame has kept silent?
JobWhiz presents itself as an executive job search service. My experience leads me to believe that this is false advertising at best, an elaborate scam at worst. Debra Feldman claims to help unemployed top-level executives to access the hidden job market, and targets a particularly insecure group: the career changers.
After a single phone call and intense pressure to issue a quick payment, I was asked to sign a client agreement containing enough buzzwords and vague promises to give the impression that she had some sort of secret connection to decision makers ... and rare industry information that would get me back on the workforce.
The amount asked: 9 400 dollars plus an additional 500 to expedite reception of the start-off questionnaire. The thing is, the questionnaire is actually all you get. A very, very long questionnaire. Long enough that you basically analyse your situation yourself. And then Ms Feldman swoops in and offers a summary of your answers. That's it. 9 to 10 000 dollars for a poorly written summary of your answers.
Anything else you might need costs extra, with no garantee you'll actually get the service you payed for. In my case, I payed an extra 500 dollars to get an analysis of a job posting, analysis that was never delivered. My suggestion: file a complaint with the BBB as I did, ask for a refund as I did, move on to legal action if you are ignored as I will. And reach out to others who have faced a similar distress to join forces.
This is preying on people at their weakest; it has been going on for as far back as 2014 (that we know of, but how many are too ashamed to speak up?); and this has to stop.