It's too bad as some shady companies are using this policy to con people into applying for lousy sales job and whatnot.

If you are required to pay the agency for a job, I suggest you walk away. Nowadays its the client that foots the bill.

hrmm thanks Mr Tommy ...so that means that the basic they're offering is minus the commision rite...nvm i'll just try 4 the interview..and see hopefully they're not trying to push me 2 sales job...and sorry still new at these stuff...need guidance from the more experience...thanks again..

I received calls from the job agency mentioned in 1st post, 'they' only used mobile numbers in all their calls to me. Even sometimes the number has no people answer, need to call for 2nd or 3rd time.

Don't you think its fishy?? A recruitment agency using personal phone to deal with official matters?

This post has been edited by dattebayo: Jun 29 2010, 11:03 AM

people, do your research before u attend the interview in akar insan which is also known as the notorious recruitment agency - the talent lab. just search around the forum, check out the experience of candidates (all negative).
No doubt they secured contracts with some big banks in malaysia, but dont forget u can always apply directly. The boss there talk as if he understands banking industry very well..but the fact is, he's just a nobody who knows 0 about banking industry. I'm just surprised that there are still banks who trust their recruitment ability. Come on, what they did is just put a very VAGUE advertisement so innocent/curious people would apply, arrange interviews in some "creative" places, make the selection procedures to be sooo glamourous/tough, package it well, give you false impression and etcetc.

Beware people, this company is not professional at all. To akar insan/talent lab, you are dealing with people's career; organizing interviews for a bank's job at some random cafes are just irrelevant. More importantly, how can a none banker understand the bank's need?

is AKARinsan have that bad reputation? tomorrow i have an interview with them, dunno what position...they wont tell me..
anyway i going to the in interview to check on them..wish me luck...or bad luck...

waraooooo... how can so dodgy until never tell ppl what position they are interviewing for??

i had a bad experience with Recruit Express KL (the one in Standard Charted bldg) too. the recruiter kept telling me to go interview for the job that i wasn't interested in. then he screamed at me, saying i'm rude for not taking the offer. wtf

drag_on_dragooN later don;t forget to share you experience here

Sometimes its not so productive to attend interviews when the job itself is unkown. The only reason they withold the info is because the job is unattractive.

i came with my friend for assessment with them last week and i find them quite professional... they found me to be suitable for an IB job and i pass thru to the next round with the IB!

they give me a lot of advice and tips on how to talk to the investment bankers! wish me luck, guys!

my friend got job at retail banking... but he's ok with it as his english and iq not as good as mine... ha ha ha... (sorry, friend)

i know one of the owners is an ex-investment banker before... so you cannot fool them if you dont know a clue about banking :-)

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This post has been edited by blackmarket: Jul 28 2010, 11:29 PM

I got my first job through agency and in the world's largest consumer bank some more. So unexpected.

Good for you then..

hey!! guys, just received call from AKar Insan, after I saw all those comments. I felt reluctant to go for the interview
but i scare they will blacklisted me since i didn't reject the appointment through phone. ==
should I go for it or should I apply directly with the company?
advice please...i am confused now @@

This post has been edited by =='': Aug 13 2010, 02:46 PM

hey hey, did u see my deleted my post above? at first i thought they were providing bad service but hey, they actually served me quite well. Weeks ago i went there late for around 1hour and so i actually sms them and they replied, saying that its fine they can wait for me. When i reached there there i was so amazed with the crowd. Staffs there told us to be patient to wait for our turns politely and share some jokes with us. The interviewer was very friendly and helpful during the interview, gave me a lot of valuable advice. But unfortunately i was not good enough to get any offer from them. Overall its a good experience.

Go out and meet some other candidates there! you have nothing to lose as you can share your experience with them.

If yo have time, and want a job, go for it.

Not all recruiter are pariah.

True, i managed to get 2 job offers with not bad salaries frm top banks through recruitment agencies, one of them was akar insan. My experience with akar insan isnt bad at all. I find them rather helpful n professional. but their assessmt quite tough, in some cases i saw, the candidates were quickly shown the door once recruiters find them not suitable.

I hate those headhunters seriously. They give false info, and they always FORCE u and push u...especially these recruiter from India. I mean India indian in msia and singapore headhunter/recruitment

A lot bad experience, i said dowan liao cannot freaking leave me alone woh. Got 1 chinese gal headhunter aso ask me who i report to in my current com la.. then keep ask me want try this company anot although i said no liao... damn annoying.

wow. i got sms from Akar Insan at 12.12pm yesterday. then later in the evening around 3pm they called me to set the interview today at 11am.

i managed to do some research bout this company on the net. some said positive some said negative.

i dont know what position they offered me cause when they called me yesterday, the background sounds noisy so i dont hear much.

i'm quite nervous actually. but i will share my experience later.

as this is my 1st interview after graduation, i'll go to the interview today with my dad. quite scared + nervous. huwarghhhh!!~

wish me luck guys !!

you haven't deal with other agency, that name doesn't sounds like malay. until then, you have very limited experience.