Comments on: The Ladders Scam

By: The Truth About Professional Executive Resume Writers | Career Management Alliance Blog

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 17:18:43 +0000

[...] tactic to sell their own resume writing services. See Jason Alba’s insightful Jibber Jobber post, The Ladders Scam and please read all the comments. Fact is, there are indeed thousands of fly-by-night, disreputable [...]

By: The Truth About Professional Executive Resume Writers | Executive Resume Branding

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:31:42 +0000

[...] tactic to sell their own resume writing services. See Jason Alba’s insightful Jibber Jobber post, The Ladders Scam and please read all the [...]

By: Sherry

Sherry — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:24:34 +0000

I got the same letter from the Ladders bashing my resume. I have never had problems in the past and was really taken a back by the response I got. I was curious about it, and thought it was a scam, but I was not sure. The only reason I went to the Ladders was to apply for a Sales job I was interested in. I ended up paying the $30.00 dollars for the site, and now I am thinking even the job posting was a scam. The only way I could apply for it is through the Ladders, and I have not gotten any responses or views from recruiters. I have over 12 years of medical sales experience and the job is specific to sales experience. I live in a fairly small area and know I would otherwise be contacted for at least a interview.

By: David

David — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:26:53 +0000

I just subscribed to the Ladders one month membership at $30. I got the same scary form letter that said I needed to pay $695 to have my resume rewritten. That immediately sent off warnings in my mind that this was a scam which eventually led me to write this post. Unfortunately it appears that many have been scammed by the resume writing service. After hearing all of these stories I will cancel my subscription and alert my credit card company not to process their charge. Thanks to all of you who posted your experiences.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:46:54 +0000

Thanks, I’ll do that.

By: Gary Sanchez

Gary Sanchez — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:23:44 +0000

Michele

I joined The Ladders on a trial offer to help one of my clients. They tried the same thing but I was able to get them to refund the charge by calling them on the phone. Also, dispute the charge with your credit card company. Hopefully the dispute will only be precautionary as The Ladders may refund your charge as they did for me.

By: Michele

Michele — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 02:32:55 +0000

I’d like to add that I received pretty much the same resume critique as what was posted here. The issue I’m having with The Ladders is that I signed up for a premium membership at the $30/month level. I read this VERY CAREFULLY before subscribing, as we’re on a very limited budget since I’m out of work. I’m not an idiot, and know what it is I read. Well, I’ve been a member for almost a month, and I’ve decided to cancel. When I submitted my cancellation, it said I’m a member until 6/24/2010!! When I signed into my credit card, I discovered I was charged $180.00, not the $30 I expected to see, and now it sounds as though they plan to keep charging me for a year??

Interesting that I can’t find the terms of each of the membership levels posted anywhere, just general information about membership. I even went into a different search engine and tried to sign up as someone else in order to see the terms of the $30/month membership, however they’re nowhere to be seen.

Bait and switch on many different levels here.

By: TheLadders.com Reviews « Jennifer Anthony’s Blog

TheLadders.com Reviews « Jennifer Anthony’s Blog — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:21:45 +0000

[...] You can read the rest here: The Ladders Scam [...]

By: rob

rob — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:54:15 +0000

I, too, fell prey to The Ladders. The resume was rather poorly written, did not have the correct facts and data as requested, and here is the kicker: It was reviewed by THREE VPHRs who advised me that if they received the Ladders resume that I would not be interviewed. When I told the ladders of this, they stated that it was professional but then gave me my money back. I would NOT RECOMMEND them and I would welcome anyone who is able to be of guidance and assistnace in my journey for further career development and success.

By: Jennifer Anthony

Jennifer Anthony — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:15:05 +0000

Hi Jason,

I actually wrote a very candid (and maybe a little harsh) blog post about The Ladders and their practices back in January. As soon as I figure out how to do the whole pingback/trackback thing I will do it.

Thank you for posting this!