I submitted my resume to a listing for a company called "[The White Label Firm] hoping it wasn't another one of these direct sales companies who try to snare recent grads by using the keywords "marketing" "advertising" and "PR." I had experiences interviewing for similar companies out in the western suburbs a few months ago and that proved to be a giant waste of time and gas. Around the same time I submitted my resume on LinkedIn for the jobs in the western 'burbs, I received an email from Zengo & Co. without having even applied. I asked them when I had emailed them previously, but received no response. That brings me to a couple days ago, when I applied for the position I mentioned initially. Upon googling the address, I discovered that this [The White Label Firm] had the same address as Zengo & Co., down the suite number. I've read a few articles and reviews that state this company changes its name or has multiple names, so I guess it shouldn't come as a surprise. That being said, I did not want to deceive people on the south side of Chicago into buying cheap cell phones, so I deleted the email and did not go to the interview. Apparently the interview had to happen within the following two days and would be conducted "in-person immediately," as if that were even possible.
They need to simply call it direct sales instead of roping future dopes like me in under the guise of advertising and PR. In this case, PR must not stand for "public relations," but rather "putrid racket."
