Quote:Original post by Talroth
Personally if I was running a company I would also set it up that way, and require a $50 deposit before any human touched your application. If HR decides that you simply aren't what is being looked for currently, you get your money back in a day or two and get kept on file with the option to update your account as you gain new experience the company may be interested in.

If your application is instead bumped up to the level where you get called in for an interview, then your deposit is kept till that time. If you appear to be BS and wasting company time, you don't get your deposit back and your name gets black listed.

Just imagine if every studio started doing that; anyone actively looking for a job could potentially be out thousands of dollars. There would definitely be screw-ups, so you can be sure that at least 10% of your deposits will never be returned. Not to mention the amount of false job advertisements posted by fake companies looking to scam unemployed individuals.

It may seem like a good idea for a studio that is bombarded with resumes on a daily basis, but to me it seems... I don't know, I would never apply to a company that wants me to pay them for a chance at a job.