02072519028

I applied via Reed website. Same experience as all other ppl regarding the preliminary interview/observation day.
Basically you will be working on commission based and earning peanuts.
They will have u doing their donkey work at no extra cost to themselves. And u will have doors slammed in ur face doin field sales.
They seem to target ppl who have no dependents..single and carefree with no committments.
Their attitude seems overly enthusiastic..too good to be true. And they tend to talk fast.
I found the experience very strange. They sell it as a management programme where u will be promoted to management level within 10 months.
But it seems very much field sales. The job description they provide is very misleading and confusing.
I think I performed badly in the questions they asked me..but they still offered me the position.
I DEFINATELY DO NOT RECCOMEND U GIVE UP UR DAY JOB FOR THIS. I'll be complaining to Reed Recruitment about
the misleading job description

Unik Corporations ltd is also on this phone number and thank goodness for this website and me being cynical about getting a call for a job interview so quickly after applying- I won't be arranging an interview or having any furhter contact with this group.

you guys are really stupid! because you came to the first and the second interview doesnt mean anything!aspire is a great future prospect. you start off as a distributer which is the hardest part. then you get promoted concidering how good youre with your sales. the hours are long but it does pay off at the end! on average an manager(4-6 months) makes a staggering 5k a week.
its a pyramid scheme so you have to start somewhere to begin with and work your self up the ladder. dont read a book by its cover!!!!!!!!!

God bless the internet! Was all excited on Friday evening when this interview was arranged. Luckily for me I had arranged it for Monday & had the weekend to a little homework on the 'firm'. So glad I googled them & came across this site, it has saved me time, money & disappointment right on top of xmas. Thats an extra £20 in my sky rocket that I would have used in travel & food! Happy days!! Good luck to everyone who is looking for work at the mo, may 2010 be a prosperous year for us all! MERRY XMAS peeps!

Anyone who is trying to defend these companies needs to [***] off!!!
Just stop.
Its a waste of time.
Employment is so bad atm, so stop making things worse!

Merry Christmas

Are B1 client services a scam too?
They are also based on bath street, my boyfriend has a 2ns interview today with them and i am worried it is a scam.

THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP YOU GUYS! I was supposed to be going for the interview now, but its snowing today. I ALSO APPLIED THROUGH REED.

I got a call from some lady saying her name was Kelly. She called me for an interview the next day, which I thought was weried as there was no telephone interview and she told me nothing about the job description.  She couldnt get off the phone fast enough.

I chked out the website in the email http://www.aspiremktg.com  straight away i thought, why the hell are they putting pics up like this, making as if its their building when it was some dodgy place round the corner.

Today its snowing really bad, so I thought Id call just to make sure the interview was still gng ahead. The number kept rining and ringing, until finally a man picked up the phone, sd Kelly was not at her desk, but yes the interview will still go ahead.  I was excited! gng to work in London and all.

Then I dnt why i called back because i wanted to knw if they had a place where I could change my shoes and the phone number rang and rang with no answer. The funny thing was, while I was calling I got an email from Kelly asking me to confirm if I was coming due to the weather! (shouldnt she just have called me to get confirmation?)

anyways, im really glad I didnt go, as it would have been a waste of time as well as a travel card....plus now, I can enjoy the snow a lot more!

This is the email that was sent to me.

1 BATH STREET
LONDON
EC1V 9LB
0207 251 7277

We look forward to meeting you during your preliminary interview on Wednesday 6th January 2010. We have reserved a meeting with one of our Managing Directors at 13:40hrs. Please be sure you are dressed smart and have a printed copy of your CV with you, so the manager has one during your interview.  When you arrive, please ask for Kelly from Aspire at the front reception.  

Our managing director will want to learn more about your background and your career goals, and also what you're looking for in your next role.  He will also break down a detailed job description, tell you about the services we provide for our clients, and outline where you could fit in to our plans for 2010. Any specific questions you have about the role can be addressed with them at this time.    

We have included directions and a link to a map below. If you have any difficulties locating us, please do not hesitate to ring and we will navigate you. See you soon!

             **** Feel free to visit our website http://www.aspiremktg.com ****

Directions

The nearest underground station is Old Street Station which is on the Northern Line (King's Cross/ Bank branch). Our office is really easy to find if you use exit #8. The main road you'll be on is City Road. There is a green line painted along the sidewalk.  Follow the green line up until it turns left for Moorefield's Eye Hospital. DO NOT TURN LEFT: Continue walking straight on City Road, past the Bavarian Beerhouse, and take the next left, which is Bath Street (it's at a set of traffic lights). We are the first set of blue double doors and you will see a plaque that says '1 Bath Street'. The door should be unlocked, so just push to enter and reception is straight ahead.

http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|EC1V9LB#t=l&map=51.52692,-0.08793|17|4&loc=GB:51.52785:-0.09132:16|EC1V9LB|EC1V9LB

Kind Regards,

Kelly

Aspire London

0207 251 7277

hrdept@aspireldn.co.uk

AND THIS THE EMAIL I GOT WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE TRYING TO CALL KELLY AND SHE SENT ME THIS EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME.

You have a interview booked with us today at 13:40pm.

Due to the weather conditions please can you confirm you will be attending the interview with Aspire.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Kelly

CHK OUT THE EMAIL ADDRESS:

aspire2hr@googlemail.com on behalf of Aspire London 2 (hrdept@aspireldn.co.uk)

If the aspire agent - 20 Dec 2009 are real professionals why are they calling people stupid? and if the 1st and 2nd interviews dont mean anything..why do them in the first place?

THIS SCREAMS OUT SCAM! AND IT IS A SCAM unless you WANT to work for nothing?!

These companies are cons what they do is brainwash u into thinking its the best job in the world by telling you can run your own company and be ur own boss...most of it is crap its all just them pitchin you bull**** like they do when they are on your door step annoying you..the people who work there have  been severley brainwashed are very young and niaeve and dont know any better unlucky...If you want a life and dont want be a mug dont get involved in this cult 6 days a week 12 hours a day behave....if your feeling sceptical there is a reason...coz its a load of crap..

After reading all that writing am telling myself no way am going .me too i was so happy that i got the interview the funny things is they decise on the same day if u get or not, so i was so happy that i got the first interview and prepared myself for the second , i started searching about the company what there achievement but instead of finding their achievement i found that they are all scam.Am so disappointed bcoz i really need a job.
it was so true good to be true.
normally tomorrow i have day trial they was told me to wear comfy shoes instead i will stay in my comfy BED.

hi, i got 2 calls from this Aspire/Spurce marketing company today. I have applied the jobs from them yesterday, cant believe they call me that soon, I was too excited to hear that they offer me a chance to go for an interview tomorrow. However as I look at Aspire website, I think all the information is vague and basically no job spec! and i dont like the manners of the women who called me today, she just ask me to wait 15 mins and she will call me back after she find my application, but after like 1.5 hr she didnt call back, so i call her again, and she said she will send me an confirmation letter for my interview, but i didnt receive any email afterward!! and at night the other girl call me and ask me to go for the same interview, i explained to her that one of their staff already called me and book me in for interview but she said my name wasnt there. At that time, I think this company is not worth to try, they are not organise at all generally. I dont think i am going to the interview after reading all these comments, thanks all!!

Carefull, they have changed their numbers... If they call on mobile, its unknown, and to contact them, they give 0207 251 7277 now.

They contacted me yesterday. Went for interview today... Was excited about all this misterious job... Then checked companies stability via my own trusted resurces and found out that the company is worth zero, they cant even take a credit in the bank! ZERO! Also it is ASPIRE ACQUISITIONS LIMITED, registered Feb last year (they told me on interview its 5 years old and very succesfull...), the director is Mr X (dont know if I wouldn get in trouble mentioning his name...) 26 year old guy who lives in Stanmore in council estate...
They phoned me in 4 hrs after an interview, asking to come tomorrow to spend a day with their senior manager from 12.00pm till 8.30pm...
After all I found out about them, guess if I am gonna go!
Thank you to all!!

Or shall I just go and F**K them up big times?
Waste of time anyway...
Good luck to all to choose the right company to work for!!

Exactly the same as the above comment;

Got an e-mail on 25/01/10 saying; "Thank you for your interest in a career with us!  After carefully reviewing your past experiences and skills, you have been selected for a preliminary interview".

I then rang them on 26/01/10 to arrange an interview for today (27/01/10) at 5.45pm, but when I looked into it further this morning, with the help from my Dad and via the link to their 'website'- which was very very bland considering they are a 'Marketing' company- I found out via Google and this website, that it was infact a scam.

Once the interview had been arranged blandly over the phone, in which one call Kelly said; because they use an unknown number, sometimes it doesn't reach mobiles; I received an e-mail confirming the interview; "We look forward to meeting you during your preliminary interview on Wednesday 27th  January 2010. We have reserved a meeting with one of our Managing Directors at 17:45hrs. Please be sure you are dressed smart and have a printed copy of your CV with you, so the manager has one during your interview.  When you arrive, please ask for Kelly from Aspire at the front reception".

I put my CV on CV Library, who are a trusted job search site, and applied for this 'job' two weeks ago, but how these companies get away with it amazes me, and why these recruitment websites don't do anything about it or are oblivious to these things, also amazes me.

I reluctantly pulled a 'sicky' at work today because I thought that this could be the big break I have been looking for, but infact I will lose £50+ in wages due to these sick people.

PLEASE BE AWARE OF THESE PEOPLE, THIS SHOULDN'T BE HAPPENING IN OUR OWN COUNTRY!

Here are some of the details they use to try and reel you in;

Aspire/Aspire 2 London
1 Bath Street
LONDON
EC1V 9LB                                                                      
Tel: 0207 251 7277
hrdept@aspireldn.co.uk

http://www.aspiremktg.com

Name; Kelly

Why do Reed still advertise it then? It must be breaking some type of false advertisement rule that the company sets potential employers.

I went to the interview yesterday thinking it sounded too good to be true. Evidently, I was right. As soon as you walk in it looked like a scene from a bad US sitcom. Young guys and girls walking around as if they're the most dynamic and charasmatic people on the planet, where in truth, they just look like a bunch of arrogant s***s! The only thing I did like was the music. 20 minutes of listening to Lady Gaga, Cheryl Cole and Alicia Keys...amazing. I was tempted to ask for a Bacardi Breezer. Like most of you that attended the first interview, I was called back about 2 hours later and asked if I could spend the day with one of their senior sales people...ON A SATURDAY!!!

To cut a long story short, complete scam, complete waste of time and completely disgusting.

I'm not sure about the rest of you, but I intend to report them to Reed and also suggest that Reed take them off their site. It's hard enough for people to get work these days and to allow little idiots like Aspire to trade is just plain wrong.

i got the same call today by some woman as i applied for this customer service position a few days ago. i was so happy that they said i was successful. and then wen i actually researched the company this page showed up. i will deff not turn up on monday for the interview thanks for the warning guys!!! i almost got scammed again. i got scammed once by IT course recently which i had to take a loan out. be away of fraser mckenzie and redtray!!! never again.

not just reed i found them on totaljobs.com

All you guys n girls thnx a lot for saving me n many other ASPIRING jobseekers like me from this disgrace. Iam thankful to this website and google because of whom I avoided wasting of time and hopes. And iam dare not going to go for this interview ! its impossible to get reply for a job so quickly.

i just recieved a call from these guys about a job vacancy and a snazzy email which i am posting here to show others. From all the research i have done it seems like a big scam to me and i will not be attending.


Aspire
1 Bath Street
LONDON
EC1V
                                                                     
Tel: 0207 251 7277
hrdept@aspireldn.co.uk
Hi Min,

We look forward to meeting you during your preliminary interview on Thursday 18th February 2010. We have reserved a meeting with one of our Managing Directors at 15:00hrs. Please be sure you are dressed smart and have a printed copy of your CV with you, so the manager has one during your interview.  When you arrive, please ask for Kelly from Aspire at the front reception.  
Our managing director will want to learn more about your background and your career goals, and also what you're looking for in your next role.  He will also break down a detailed job description, tell you about the services we provide for our clients, and outline where you could fit in to our plans for 2010. Any specific questions you have about the role can be addressed with them at this time.    
We have included directions and a link to a map below. If you have any difficulties locating us, please do not hesitate to ring and we will navigate you. See you soon!
             **** Feel free to visit our website http://www.aspiremktg.com ****
Directions
The nearest underground station is Old Street Station which is on the Northern Line (King's Cross/ Bank branch). Our office is really easy to find if you use exit #8. The main road you'll be on is City Road. There is a green line painted along the sidewalk.  Follow the green line up until it turns left for Moorefield's Eye Hospital. DO NOT TURN LEFT: Continue walking straight on City Road, past the Bavarian Beerhouse, and take the next left, which is Bath Street (it's at a set of traffic lights). We are the first set of blue double doors and you will see a plaque that says '1 Bath Street'. The door should be unlocked, so just push to enter and reception is straight ahead.
http://www.multimap.com/maps/?&hloc=GB|EC1V9LB#t=l&map=51.52692,-0.08793|17|4&loc=GB:51.52785:-0.09132:16|EC1V9LB|EC1V9LB
Kind Regards,
Kelly
Aspire London
0207 251 7277
hrdept@aspireldn.co.uk

I also received a call from Unik Corporation Ltd today....the lady was very vague and couldn't get off the phone quick enough..I was suprised considering I applied yesterday and interview being scheduled for friday already. So after I hanging up I checked on Reed where I applied for this apparent job in my application history and it had completely disappeared...but I still had the email from reed confirming my application so it did exist. So looks like these companies quickly cover their tracks. So after that i decided to google them and up comes the scams...thanks you guys for saving me a lot of hassle :)