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Ok so if you apply for a job say on Totaljobs and you get the email back saying your application has been sent to [EMAIL="joebloggs@xxxxxx.com"]joebloggs@xxxxxx.com[/EMAIL]

How if xxxxxx.com is not a website belonging to the agency do you check them out and find out more about them like where they are etc?
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  • ~Beanie~
    ~Beanie~ Posts: 3,043 Forumite
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    Google them to find their website?
    :p
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    ~Beanie~ wrote: »
    Google them to find their website?
    Erm they do not have one lol

    Hence me asking if the email address was [EMAIL="joebloggs@xxxx.com"]joebloggs@xxxx.com[/EMAIL] how can I find out WHY they do not have one as there is no such xxxx.com etc
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  • gb12345
    gb12345 Posts: 3,055 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    Ok so if you apply for a job say on Totaljobs and you get the email back saying your application has been sent to [EMAIL="joebloggs@xxxxxx.com"]joebloggs@xxxxxx.com[/EMAIL]

    How if xxxxxx.com is not a website belonging to the agency do you check them out and find out more about them like where they are etc?

    If they're using a domain that is not the agency's then I would be wondering why for a starter.

    Ässuming that xxxxxx.com is a legitimate company domain and not a mail provider then do a WhoIs on the domain.

    You can then tell how long the domain has been registered and also who it is registered to.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    gb12345 wrote: »
    If they're using a domain that is not the agency's then I would be wondering why for a starter.

    Ässuming that xxxxxx.com is a legitimate company domain and not a mail provider then do a WhoIs on the domain.

    You can then tell how long the domain has been registered and also who it is registered to.
    I will tell you who they are

    shawtalent.com

    There is no www.shawtalent.com at all

    this shawtalent.com is not even an agency as already did a whois

    Can't find an office address or anything
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  • Fruitloops
    Fruitloops Posts: 887 Forumite
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    WhoIs info for shawtalent.com:

    domain: shawtalent.com
    created: 05-Jan-2013
    last-changed: 12-Jan-2013
    registration-expiration: 05-Jan-2014

    nserver: ns67.1and1.co.uk
    nserver: ns68.1and1.co.uk

    status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED

    registrant-firstname: James
    registrant-lastname: Cook
    registrant-organization: Whitechapel IT
    registrant-street1: 70 Whitechapel High Street
    registrant-pcode: E1 7PL
    registrant-city: London
    registrant-ccode: GB
    registrant-phone: +44.2072478682
    registrant-email: @whitechapelit.com

    admin-c-firstname: James
    admin-c-lastname: Cook
    admin-c-organization: Whitechapel IT
    admin-c-street1: 70 Whitechapel High Street
    admin-c-pcode: E1 7PL
    admin-c-city: London
    admin-c-ccode: GB
    admin-c-phone: +44.2072478682
    admin-c-email: @whitechapelit.com


    They've only registered the site for a year. What is the job if you don't mind saying?


    Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Whitechapel IT
    70 Whitechapel High Street
    E1 7PL
    London
    Telephone: 02072478682
    Email: james@whitechapelit.com
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Whitechapel IT
    70 Whitechapel High Street
    E1 7PL
    London
    Telephone: 02072478682
    Email: [EMAIL="james@whitechapelit.com"]james@whitechapelit.com[/EMAIL]
    That is what I had already found

    How can that be them when they are an accountancy agency?

    http://www.whitechapelit.com/Pages/default.aspx They are an IT company?

    I am very confused
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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Fruitloops wrote: »
    WhoIs info for shawtalent.com:

    domain: shawtalent.com
    created: 05-Jan-2013
    last-changed: 12-Jan-2013
    registration-expiration: 05-Jan-2014

    nserver: ns67.1and1.co.uk
    nserver: ns68.1and1.co.uk

    status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED

    registrant-firstname: James
    registrant-lastname: Cook
    registrant-organization: Whitechapel IT
    registrant-street1: 70 Whitechapel High Street
    registrant-pcode: E1 7PL
    registrant-city: London
    registrant-ccode: GB
    registrant-phone: +44.2072478682
    registrant-email: @whitechapelit.com

    admin-c-firstname: James
    admin-c-lastname: Cook
    admin-c-organization: Whitechapel IT
    admin-c-street1: 70 Whitechapel High Street
    admin-c-pcode: E1 7PL
    admin-c-city: London
    admin-c-ccode: GB
    admin-c-phone: +44.2072478682
    admin-c-email: @whitechapelit.com


    They've only registered the site for a year. What is the job if you don't mind saying?

    So how can an agency who deal with accounts jobs register with an IT company?

    I have no idea of these things so find it very odd they have no website
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  • Jules2012
    Jules2012 Posts: 280 Forumite
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    Message the below in LinkedIn ask her for the web address.


    Andrea Shaw - United Kingdom | LinkedIn
    uk.linkedin.com/in/andrearshaw
    London, United Kingdom - Owner/Director at Shaw Talent Ltd
    Andrea Shaw's Overview. Current. Owner/Director at Shaw Talent Ltd. Past. Recruitment Manager at The Plus Team; Recruitment Consultant - Maternity Cover ...
    Bad luck breeds bad luck.

    Damn I'm doomed.
  • gb12345
    gb12345 Posts: 3,055 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    I will tell you who they are

    shawtalent.com

    There is no www.shawtalent.com at all

    this shawtalent.com is not even an agency as already did a whois

    Can't find an office address or anything

    All looks a bit dodgy to me .

    The domain was registered in January and the registrant is an IT Company, who don't appear to be web designers.

    I did find a twitter feed for ShawTalent https://twitter.com/ShawTalent, that appears to be related to the recruitment for a carpet company.
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