£39 for an application?

Hi all,

Recently applied for a dental nurse apprentice position for a practice near where I live. Harriett Ellis are the provider, I’ve heard some bad reviews and they also have a very low pass rate but at the moment I’m keen to try out being a dental nurse so I applied. Anyway they called me saying that they will send my application and details to other practices as well as the one I applied for, I don’t know how I feel about this, they also said I need to pay £39 for them to process my application. I’m not sure they sound very trustworthy.

Anyone had any experiences with them?

Reply 1

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

I'm pretty sure it's illegal for recruiters to charge applicants to apply to a job in the UK, which would include apprenticeships I would have expected?

If the recruitment process would cost the recruiter money and it's on behalf of another company (i.e. recruiter X is recruiting for business Y), they would charge these costs to the client, not the applicant.

Sounds very suspect to me, I would steer clear.

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Reply 2

Stephendave1

Original post by artful_lounger

I'm pretty sure it's illegal for recruiters to charge applicants to apply to a job in the UK, which would include apprenticeships.

Hmm yes it did sound a bit peculiar, they asked for my ID over email as well so I’m a little worried, they also have a very low pass rate so I think I am gonna stay away

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Reply 3

artful_lounger

Universities Forum Helper

Original post by Stephendave1

Hmm yes it did sound a bit peculiar, they asked for my ID over email as well so I’m a little worried, they also have a very low pass rate so I think I am gonna stay away

Usually ID checks are done in person although I think I have sent scans over before in certain circumstances, although I think it would be concerning if their apprentices had a low rate of successfully completing the apprenticeship and/or finding further work afterwards (which is the point I would think!).

Best of luck to you in finding a role that suits :smile:

Try the gov.uk apprenticeship search tool if you haven't already too!

Reply 4

Stephendave1

Original post by artful_lounger

Usually ID checks are done in person although I think I have sent scans over before in certain circumstances, although I think it would be concerning if their apprentices had a low rate of successfully completing the apprenticeship and/or finding further work afterwards (which is the point I would think!).
Best of luck to you in finding a role that suits :smile:

Try the gov.uk apprenticeship search tool if you haven't already too!

Thank you

) that’s where I found it actually, they’ll definitely be other positions on there though that I’d be interested in so I’ll have another look :smile:

Reply 5

roguelady

Never ever pay for an application to a company in recruitment or training. Their fees are either charged on your employment or via your training fees. Not to obtain either.

Here the Ofsted report https://reports.ofsted.gov.uk/provider/33/1280328

This company calls itself "a leading training provider within the Dental Industry" on its TrustPilot review responses when they receive a bad review. Honestly, feels very much like a scam. Still, maybe once it wasn't, but now they have just given up like a lot of educational companies, and now it is just reaping money until they are put out of business by Ofsted.

I wouldn't give them anything.