Innovation Marketing
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This was email I was sent for the job title of admin assistant

Congratulations. Your CV has been shortlisted by our recruitment team members for the new role we have in Sales and Customer Service
This is due to your background experience in either hospitality, retail, sales or a customer facing role
Location : Sackville Place, 44-48 Magdalen Street, Norwich
Appointment Date / Time :
Tuesday 24th January 2017 at 10.00am
OR
Wednesday 25th January 2017 at 09.00am
*Please reply to this email confirming your appointment*
Please note you must be over the age of 18.
When attending please arrive five minutes before your appointment in Business Attire/Smart Clothing and please bring a copy of your CV with you.
Directions
Follow Magdalen Street and we are opposite Passage To India named Sackville Place. Head to reception by walking through the passageway
Press the buzzer for the reception and follow the reception hall and turn right before the stairs. Follow the corridor and we have a sign posted for Innovation Marketing
If you have any problems finding us, give us a call and we can gladly help you for any directional help you may need.
We look forward to meeting you
Kind Regards.

I did some research and found out through this complaints board that Innovation Marketing Recruitment is in fact a scam. Not only that but this isn't the company I sent my CV to. I sent my CV to Iconic Strategies! So I am just about the write an email to politely cancel the meeting I have, this is operating in Norwich!

Thank you everyone who took time to write about their experience with innovation marketing and their job interview experiences. You just saved me valuable time. It is people like you who help others.
I received and email invitation to a customer service job interview. The email reads like this:

"dear candidate,

You have been selected for the customer service and sales representative role, my manager would like to meet with you to discuss the role further. We would like to schedule you in for the following appointment:

Appointment time/date: tuesday 10th january 9:30am or tuesday 10th january 2:30pm
Location: 32a-37 cowper street, old street, ec2a 4aw
Meeting with: zara lenzi

Please reply promptly with your name to confirm your preferred appointment time. Once you have done that your appointment will be confirmed automatically. Should you not be available for the above dates please contact our office and we will endeavour to schedule an alternative date for you? Or please call [protected] to reschedule or enquire.

The appointment is scheduled to last approximately 30 minutes. Should you be successful in your initial meeting with us, you will then be asked to return on another date for a second and final evaluation day.
Please ensure that you attend in business clothing. (No jeans or trainers) and bring a copy of your most updated cv with you if you have one. If you do not have access to a printer, then a member of the administration team will be happy to print off a copy of your cv when you arrive

*please note that applicants must be aged 18 and over, and that this role is best suited to someone who is able to commit to a full-time role on a permanent basis. Also, if you are on a student visa, we are unable to move forward with your application*

Please find directions to our office:

We are a short 1 minute walk from old street station, please take the 2nd subway exit and you will see the shop eat, we are directly on the road off of eat, cowper street. Walk down the road and you will see us located at 32a - 37. If you need further directions please feel free to contact our team on [protected]. "

I started to ask myself what job this is, I do not recall applying for customer service full time job so I googled them and found this forum regarding their door-to-door sales jobs.
My interview is suppose to be in 6h. I have now made my decision not to go and not waste my time.
Million times thank you everyone.

Zuzana

Hi

I got email below inviting me to a first interview.
Thanks to information provided by previous user I will not go a waste my time with this people.

Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2016 at 1:58 PM
From: Maria
To: claudio.[protected]@consultant.com
Subject: Re : Customer Service and Sales - Immediate start

Dear Candidate,

I have the pleasure in informing you that we reviewed and shortlisted your CV on Total Jobs. You have been selected for the Customer Service and Sales Representative role, my manager would like to meet with you to discuss the role further. We would like to schedule you in for the following appointments:

Appointment Time/Date:

Friday 16th December 2016 at 9.40 a.m.

Location: 32A-37 Cowper Street, Old Street. London EC2A 4AW

Meeting with: James Marshall

Please reply promptly with your name and contact number to confirm your appointment. Should you not be available for the above date please contact our office and we will endeavour to schedule an alternative date for you.

The appointment is scheduled to last approximately 30 minutes. Should you be successful in your initial meeting with us, you will then be asked to return on another date for a second and final evaluation day.

Please ensure that you attend in Business Clothing (no jeans or trainers) and bring a copy of your most updated CV with you if you have one. If you do not have access to a printer, then a member of the administration team will be happy to print off a copy of your CV when you arrive

Please ensure that you attend in Business Clothing.

We offer all roles on a self-employed basis in order to provide our people with the best opportunity to earn based on their performance, and take on more responsibilities in the industry.

*Please note that applicants must be aged 18 and over, and that this role is best suited to someone who is able to commit to a full-time role on a permanent basis. Also, if you are on a student visa, we are unable to move forward with your application*

Please find directions to our office:

Please plan your journey, we are based at Old Street Tube station:
We are located 30 seconds walk from ‘Old Street’ Tube Station. Please leave the station at exit 2 (GREEN EXIT) - signposted as: ‘City Road South (East Side), Wesley Chapel, Finsbury Square’. Turn left at the top of the stairs, and then on the left of ‘EAT’ sandwich shop is an off-road called ‘Cowper Street’ - Walk down Cowper Street to door 32a-37. If you need further directions, please call [protected].

For more exciting news on life inside our company, make sure you check out our website at :

http://en.brandambassador.life/

I look forward to hearing from you,

Have an ingenious day !

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Maria Malela
[protected]@innovationmarketing.co.uk

Innovation Marketing
[protected]
32-37 Cowper Street | London EC2A 4AW
http://www.innovationmarketing.co.uk

I started with the company thinking it would be a great opportunity to get ahead but soon relised the manager James Marshall was a sexual predator who takes advantage of young girls by inviting them out for drinks to discuss how to push the business forward but really is only out for one thing SEX he tried touching and making innopropriate comments about my breasts and sexual experiences. I suggest all young or older females be very careful if you come in to contact with this devil, he uses his position to manipulate woman into bed. I'm not the first this is happened to and not the last other girls after a while have spoken of this but have been to embarresed to say so have just suddenly left. After I left a friend of mine told me he tried the same on her. Please ladies don't fall victim to this pervert I feel very sorry for his wife

I'm so thankful for the Internet, otherwise I would have wasted my time this morning, thanks guys for exposing this company, I thought I would post the email I received too as its most recent.

Dear candidate,

I have the pleasure in informing you that having reviewed your CV and you have been selected for the Customer Service and Sales Representative role, my manager would like to meet with you to discuss the role further. Please, see attached a role description. We would like to schedule you in for the following appointments:

Appointment Time/Date:

Tuesday, 26th April 2016, at 10:00 am

Location: 291-299 Borough High Street, London, SE1 1JG

Meeting with: James Marshall

Please reply promptly with your NAME and CONTACT NUMBER to confirm your appointment. Should you not be available for the above date? Please, contact our office and we will endeavour to schedule an alternative date for you.

The appointment is scheduled to last approximately 30 minutes. Should you be successful in your initial meeting with us, you will then be asked to return on another date for a second and final evaluation day.

Please ensure that you attend in Business Clothing (no jeans or trainers) and bring a copy of your most updated CV with you if you have one. If you do not have access to a printer, then a member of the administration team will be happy to print off a copy of your CV when you arrive

Please ensure that you attend in Business Clothing.

*Please note that applicants must be aged 18 and over. Also, if you are on a student visa, we are unable to move forward with your application*

The directions: The closest station to our office is Borough on the Northern Line.
Turn right out of the station and follow this direction
Cross the road and follow the same direction.
We are at 291-299 Borough High Street next to William Hill

Press the buzzer for the 1st Floor and one of our administration team will greet you when you arrive

Please Check the TFL website for the Journey Planner.

If you have any problems finding us, give us a call on the number [protected] and we can gladly help you for any directional help you may need.

Kind Regards,
Nejia Zaghbouni

Recruitment Manager
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Innovation Marketing

http://www.innovationmarketing.co.uk

291-299 Borough High street
1st Floor
London
SE1 1JG
Tel: [protected]

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Company Registration: 4814261
Registered Office: 32-37 Cowper Street London EC2A 4AW

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If your invited for an interview- DO NOT GO if you want a basic wage! they fail to state in their advert that this is DOOR TO DOOR sales. I just read another guy's email on here and thank god I did- receptionist you can barely understand and said no manager around and should always be a manager about for serious issues like this and quite rude saying Ring and you'll find out more- b*******- this should be stated in advert for job. I also forwarded the other guy's email plus mine.
I wanted to speak to a manager about your company and its deceiving quality of advert. This is WHY I will not be attending interview. I am 39 and have no time for time wasters, your receptionist said NO MANAGER was around even though that is the person I should have been talking to. I work in customer service and if your job is DOOR TO DOOR sales, you should state this, then I and other people who do not want this job will know not to apply.
and being rude can be understood in any language. My interview was for this Thursday at 9:45 at Cowper street and I am now not going.
I Dionne, agree this is wrong and told your receptionist this and she fobbed me off. Interview- no thanks. You need to state DOOR TO DOOR. and get receptionists with better manners because I would never talk to customers like that! I'll stay in my job giving the best customer service and the I received the highest customer feedback about my service, so my manager said before Christmas, why should I give any service to this company who talk to people like s***and Give False and not the right info on an advert for work. I do not want to be associated with them. Do not waste your time job seekers, there is a better company to work for who will be straight with you and love your skills and personality.

Dear Job seekers,

Please avoid Innovation marketing company at all cost. They are a bunch of manipulative scammers who place job adverts on respectable recruitment websites such as Reed for customer service assistant. Don't be deceived they are really a door to door sales company.

I got this email from them
Appointment Time/Date : 9:15am Wednesday the 14th of November 2012

Thank you for your recent application for the Sales, Marketing and Customer Service
Opening for Innovation Marketing Organisation.
Our Manager Lawrence Lenzi had a look at your CV and your application was chosen as one of the few applicants we would like to pursue for the opening. Our Manager Lawrence would like to invite you in for an Initial Assessment on:
Wednesday the 14th of November 2012
To confirm your attendance please reply to this email with the suitable date, your Full Name, Telephone Number and the receptionist on the day will be there to greet you.
If you are unable to fill in the Application form attached - we have a copy that you can fill in on the day.
When attending please attend in Business Attire and take a copy of your most updated CV with you if you have one.

On getting there i saw a lot of young people like myself and we were taking into rooms for interviews i groups. It was them i started sensing that this may not be a customer service or marking role afterall. During the interview i was sold on the idea of making good money and beig a manager fairly soon. When I asked what a typical daily schedule will involve in this role, I was given a brief answer and was told that it varies. I was also told that most of my questions will; be answered if I was invited by for a second interview. When I got home, I did some internet search and i realised that the position was actually a door to door sales role. On the day of my second interview i got a call very early in the morning to confirm if i would be able to make the interview which was to start at 12noon and last for the rest of the day. I told the lady that i cant make it and I was going to send an email. SHE REPLIED SAYING" THANKS FOR WASTING OUR TIME" then she hung up. How RUDE and HYPOCRITICAL! It is companies like this that waste peoples time by not stating clearly on the job description that it is door to door sales.
These company are taking advantage of the fact that there is a recession and there are several young people who are desperately looking for work. Well I am not going to be a VICTIM this time. Also avoid EA Acquisition like a plague.

To all my fellow graduate and job seekers out there, keep applying and hopefully something good will come soon.