I need advice! Please show mercy and help!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Okay, a few things.

  1. I’m so stessed and worried that I’m actually using a friend’s account(who never uses this board) so I don’t have to reveal who I am.

  2. I’ve been on the board since 1997(AOL days) and I’ve never used the board for advice. Please don’t yell at me.

Anyway, here is the story.

I am looking for employment. A Talent Agency called Options has invited me in to interview for a Talent Scout position. They say it pays somewhere between $40,000-$75,000 and is full time. I’m just out of college, so this is pretty good(to me). I’d even settle for less if it had the possibility for more money in the future. It requires a college degree, which I have,

In fact, here is a link.

http://www.optionstalent.com/home/left_nav.cfm

Click Scouts on the top.

Here is where I heard about the job.

http://jobsearch.monster.com/getjob.asp?JobID=13501361&col=&cy=US&brd=1&lid=468%2C+470&fn=12&q=&AVSDM=2002-06-15+23%3A27%3A00.000&CCD=my.monster.com&JSD=jobsearch.monster.com&HD=company.monster.com&AD=http%3A%2F%2Fjobsearch.monster.com%2Fjobsearch.asp%3Fcy%3DUS%26brd%3D1%26lid%3D468%26lid%3D470%26fn%3D12%26q%3D&Logo=1

I have no idea if that link will work, but I hope it does. Anyway, money is not the number one thing, so please don’t focus too much on it.

My concern is this. Does anyone have any idea what the job is exactly? Has anyone ever heard anyone who did this kind of job? How does it work? Anything you can tell me is great.

They have told me that if I am interested, I have to take the position immediately. I have other job possibilities in the future, but I’m not really sure if anything is going to work out.

The job sounds interesting to me, but I’m not sure entirely. I don’t get stressed too often, but I’m really anxious and nervous about this whole thing. What do you guys think?

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Check Options out.

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Have you interviewed with them? Talked about what your job duties are? Salaried or hourly? What your starting wage would be?

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And the answer to all of those questions should be “Yes” before you even consider hiring on with them. In fact, the questions you asked in the OP should be answered by the company before you hire on with them.

If they are unwilling to answer these questions in a concrete manner, there is something very fishy about the job.

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Thanks.

I understand everything now. I am not going to any interview, nor will I have anything to do with Options Talent.

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The SDMB rules state that we do not want a person posting with two screen names. If you feel that you can’t trust the SDMB members with a question, then do not ask the question publicly on the message board.