How to check an agency website

AP007

Jules2012 wrote: »

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 ...

LOL I know that I have seen who she is but find it totally bizarre people can have no website

Jules2012

Probably some dodgy outfit. Money laundering or tax scam lol

gb12345

Jules2012 wrote: »

Shaw Talent Ltd

Company was registered in January and its registered address appears to be a mail forwarding service.

AP007

I have dropped a email to ask for the website address - lets see

gb12345

Jules2012 wrote: »

Probably some dodgy outfit. Money laundering or tax scam lol

If they can't even be bothered to get a simple 1 page website knocked up to give basic details then I even if they are legit, I would question how professional and competent they were going to be in other areas.

AP007

thanks guys

Denning.

You do know anyone can sent up a recruitment agency from their bedroom? Just post an ad offering a job, get loads of CVs, spam employers with the CVs till you get a hit, take commission, done.

No need for a website, as people don't tend to follow up on every jobs they apply for on indeed/reed. After a few months and your company name is trashed, rinse and repeat with a new one.

keyser666

Just because a company does not have a website up, doesn't mean they are dodgy. Quite clear here from what I have seen that they have the domain registered for the email element only using that domain name.

As for the fact it says IT in the whois, it could be that someone from their IT dept registered it, doesn't necessarily define what field they are in.

keyser666

Looking further more into it all looks fine to me.

Quite clear that the owner used a company to rgeiter her domain:

http://www.whitechapelit.com/

The whois for this rings true as well as what teh website says. The jobs listed by her are within the remit she states on her linked in and she has history in recruitment. ALl looks well above board for me, inclusive of her linkedin profiel and connections

gb12345

keyser666 wrote: »

Just because a company does not have a website up, doesn't mean they are dodgy. Quite clear here from what I have seen that they have the domain registered for the email element only using that domain name.

Perhaps not dodgy, but very unprofessional. It would take someone with basic HTML knowledge 10 minutes to set up a holding page with some details of the business and how to contact them.

As it is, their web presence (whether they want it or not) consists of a host's parking page with various unrelated ads on it. Not only does it give a bad impression, but it also indicates that they are unlikely to have any major clients as which large companies would deal with such a poor operation.

keyser666 wrote: »

As for the fact it says IT in the whois, it could be that someone from their IT dept registered it, doesn't necessarily define what field they are in.

The company the domain is registered to is an IT company, who based on their website appear to have no involvement in webdesign, hosting or registration. As the site belongs to a Ltd company, I would expect the domain to be registered in the name of that company - anything else would make me wonder whether the domain had been registered by someone else for some sort of scam.