Has anyone heard of this company. They got my resume off of Career Builder. This is what I received. They have not ask me for my account number yet.
TSM Group

TRIAL PERIOD

This outline specifies:

PURPOSE

- The considerations surrounding an employee's trial period.

- The supervisor's responsibility to provide guidance and assess employees' performance and conduct during the period.

- The criteria for termination of probationary or trial employees.

- The reporting procedures: Trial Period Report


The trial period is the final, most policy significant step in the hiring process for new employees. It is the policy of the company to use the trial period as an opportunity to train new employees in job responsibilities; observe on-the-job conduct and performance to determine suitability; retain employees whose performance and conduct is fully acceptable; separate, without undue formality, those employees whose performance or conduct is deficient after the trial period; document the Company's recommendation for retention or separation on the Trial Period Form.

Trial periods are periods of time during which employees' conduct and performance is evaluated. They serve as an opportunity for new employees to prove fitness for the job and for the Company to evaluate employees' suitability for the position.

It is the responsibility of supervisors to ensure that employees have every reasonable opportunity to achieve success on the job. Specifically, supervisors should:

A. Notify employees of the probationary/trial period requirements during the first week of employment.

B. Inform employees of job expectations in both performance and conduct. Employees must be provided performance standards, information on working policies and procedures, and guidelines on employee responsibilities and conduct. Performance standards should be discussed with employees to ensure that they understand the duties,
responsibilities, and expectations associated with the job.

C. Counsel and provide feedback concerning performance and conduct to employees on a regular basis. It is crucial that employees
know how and where they are or are not meeting expectations. If a performance or conduct problem becomes apparent, supervisors should provide training or assistance to remedy the situation, as appropriate.

D. Gather documentation throughout employees' trial periods reflecting both good and bad performance and conduct. Document offers of assistance, guidance, and training which show the supervisor provided the employee an opportunity to demonstrate acceptable performance.


TERMINATION

Generally, a request for action to terminate should be supported by
documentation making it clear that the employee received a "fair trial". The documentation should specifically and in detail state:

1. How the employee was made aware of the performance/conduct expectations in question;
2. Guidance and training given to the employee;

3. Counseling given to the employee regarding specific conduct and/or performance deficiencies;

4. Opportunities for improvement given to the employee;

5. Details regarding the performance/conduct deficiencies.


REPORTING PROCEDURES
Trial Period Report


I. General

Trial Period Form is used to document new employees' performance and conduct and the Company's recommendation for retention or separation. It is important to recognize that any separation action is not dependent upon the completion of the form Requests to separate employees may be made at any point in the trial period. The trial period will be for two months starting from the commencement date.

II. Responsibilities

A. The supervisor will, not earlier than the 5th week but no later than the 7th week of the trial period, complete the Trial Period Form (evaluation) and forward it to the reviewing official. Once the reviewing official has signed the form, the rating supervisor will:

1. If the report is satisfactory, discuss it with the employee and forward it to the appropriate custodian of the Employee Performance File (EPF).

2. If the report recommends separation of the employee, contact the Personnel Division, for further guidance.

3. Continue to observe the employee's performance and report any significant change which would affect the appraisal or the recommendation for retention or separation to Personnel Division before the end of the trial period.

B. The reviewing official will review the supervisor's evaluation and recommendation, make any additional comments, resolve any difference of opinion with the supervisor, sign the report, and return it to the rating supervisor.

C. The EPF custodian will file the original form and any supporting documents in the EPF. Also, the custodian will distribute the second copy of the form to the employee.



The Commencement Date:________________________________________


The employee, __________________________________ , acknowledged the Trial
First and Last name of Employee


Period Outline and signed on the _____ day of ________, 2007.
Employee's Signature date month






TSM Group

Detailed Job Description – Administrative/Sales Support


The primary goal of the administrative assistant / sales support representative is to provide local customer support to our clients within North America. This includes providing convenient payment options and informing them of shipping and the terms of sale.

You will be assisting our clients within North America, the assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and customer service via email.

Your duties will include:

- Collecting Local Payments

When a buyer in the US decides to purchase an item through an online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options: pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, local certified check or local wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire transferring. Local wire transfers and certified checks are the options that the sales support representative will provide to the clients.

- Managing Data

Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price, and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing records and transactions.

- Forwarding of the Payments

Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 5% as commission and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.

- Correspondence

You will be submitting brief reports, weekly reports, and monthly reports. Weekly and monthly reports are to be done in Excel format and are to summarize all transactions completed within the week, or month.

Here is an example of a brief report:
Date: August 8, '06
Buyer: Laura N. Smith
Item: Movado Watch
Price: $ 1,921.27
Commission 5%: $ 96
Fees: $ 75
Total Forwarded: $1750.27
Forwarded to: Elisa Narenzo, Copenhagen, Denmark
Reference Numbers: 23497839


- Fees, and Transferring Procedures

All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments, along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be forwarding the received payments through western union, money gram transferring agents, or by wire transferring.


Additional Information

Salary

During the trial period, you will be paid 1,200USD per month while working on average 3hours per day, Monday-Friday, plus 5% commission from every payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your base pay salary will go up to 1,700USD per month, plus 5% commission.

Taxes

You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All applicable taxes are covered by the company.


Personal Information
First Name:
Last Name:
Address:
Residential Phone Number: Mobile:________
Commencement Date:

The employee, , acknowledged the Detailed Job Description
Name and Last Name of Employee


and signed on this day of ___________, 2007.
Employee's Signature date month

Mariuxi

Note to All: I have attached just the latest of our conversations. for my protection we shall call me Maria.

I write:

Fishy yes. I am no fool you will not let you take my hard earned money. I am a single mother of 2 kids HOW DARE YOU TRY THIS.

I thought you sounded a little hmmm Ethnic. you can tell some of your work is cut and past. When you respond you can tell either English is your second language or you did not finish H.S. next time use spell check.

Funny how your phone is out of service or should I say convenient.

Final Note: DO NOT SEND ME ANYTHING! I AM NOT INTERESTED! I WILL NOT CASH YOU PHONEY CHECK! OH YES GO TO HELL!!!! I SAY THAT WITH A SMILE

If you are a legitimate company (I doubt it) learn US customs[/color]


They Write:
-----Original Message-----
From: Tanya De Guzman <tydeguzmanx@yahoo.com>
To: mar.com
Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 6:34 am
Subject: Re: Maria *F/T P/T


My Phone is out of service but i will give you a call,The Comapny name is TSM a swiss trade association.Your trainging will be given,Just because since your the one available at hand now we decided you receive the care for the payment you will be recieving today.
Once you get the payment let me know and have the rest funds wired today to the Information i provided to you.

Regards[/color]

[color="blue"]m wrote:

Tanya,

If it is possible can I have your phone number so I may contact you. I was under the impression I would be given training with constant contact to assistance.

I will be in and out today to receive the package. I don't even know the name of your company/ no background check of me. This all seems a little odd.

Thank you,
Maria

They Write:

-----Original Message-----
From: Tanya De Guzman <tydeguzmanx@yahoo.com>
To:
Sent: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 5:42 am
Subject: Re: Maria *F/T P/T


Hello Maria ,
Thank you for the email update. I want you to know that you will be receiving the check today via FedEx , Make sure you take it to your bank and have it cashed-out immediately and send the funds to my chief accountant David .Once you have the funds, deduct 5% of it and also the western union charges ,Then send the rest to him. Find below the western union details of whom you would be sending the funds to. I suppose you would be sending the funds today.

Western Union Details Below:


Nameavid Ugrin
Address:ZUPANCICEVA 33
Zip:6000
State: Koper
Country :Slovenia
Text:Question: My name
Answer: David


Once you send the funds, i would like you to send me the following details


*Name and address of the sender
*10 digits western union (MTCN #)
*Text question and answer
*Amount sent

I look forward to your email alongside with the necessary details.

FedEx Tracking Number Of Check : 791493655900

edawg69

I too have gotten involved in this. I was sent the same exact email as "Mariuxi", so I replied to Tanya with the same response asking her to call me. Haven't gotten a reply yet.

In the meantime, I did call my local Police Department and they were very helpful. The man I spoke with said it was for sure a scam, don't cash the check and he gave me the number to the Internet Fraud Task Force and told me to check out the USPS website because they have information regarding this. I did however, send a message to craigslist (which is where i found the ad) to have any and all messages removed.

So, I guess I will wait to receive the check, and contact the internet fraud, USPS and possibly FedEx to see if we can't get something done about this.

THANKS FOR EVERYONES COMMENTS!

aliciadelpha

I'm answering the question because I was a victim recently of TSM Group or ITS-Career.com. It's the same thing. DO NOT TRUST A WORD OF ANYTHING THEY SAY.

mvan123

And they are at it again:

> Detailed Job Description - Customer Service/Sales Support
>
> The primary goal of the Customer Service/Sales Support representative
> is to provide local customer support to our clients within North
> America. You will be assisting our clients within North America, the
> assistance to be provided will include: payment collections and
> customer service.
> Your duties will include:
>
> - Collecting Local Payments
>
> When a buyer in United States decides to purchase an item through an
> online auction from our sellers he has the following payment options:
> pay pal, international wire transfer, international check, or local
> wire transfer. The quickest option of these is local wire
> transferring. Local wire transfers are the option that the sales
> support representative will provide to the clients.
>
> - Managing Data
>
> Along with the payments received from buyers you will be receiving
> details for these sales. These details will include items sold, price,
> and buyer's information. You are to file and maintain these purchasing
> records and transactions.
>
> - Forwarding of the Payments
>
> Once you receive each payment you will be keeping 10% as commission
> and forwarding the rest to the seller or representative, whose
> information will be provided prior each transaction. It is crucial to
> complete forwarding of the payments in a time efficient manner.
>
> Here is an example of a brief report:
> Date: August 8, '06
> Buyer: Laura N. Smith
> Item: Movado Watch
> Price: $ 1,921.27
> 10% Commission : $ 192
> Fees: $ 85
> Total Forwarded: $1644.27
> Forwarded to: Margo Narenzo, Barcelona, Spain Reference Numbers:
> 2349783981
> - Fees, and Transferring Procedures
> All fees are covered by the company. The fees for transferring are
> simply deducted from the payments received. No client will contact you
> during initial stage of the trial period. After three weeks of the
> trial period you will begin to have contact with the buyers via email
> in regards to collection of the payments. For the first three weeks
> you will simply receive all of the transferring details, and payments,
> along with step by step guidance from your supervisor. You will be
> forwarding the received payments by wire transfer.
> Additional Information
> Salary
> During the trial period, you will be paid 2,000USD per month while
> working on average 3-4hours per day, plus 10% commission from every
> payment received and forwarded. The salary will be sent in the form of
> wire transfer directly to your account. After the trial period your
> base pay salary will go up to 2,200USD per month, plus 10% commission.
> Taxes
> You will receive a monthly invoice stating your total income. All
> applicable taxes are covered by the company.
>
> Your First Primary task (Collection of Payments):
> 1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
> 2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
> 3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
> 4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the
> offices you will be contacted to send payment to, you'll have a lot of
> free time doing another job, because this job scehdule is flexible,
> you'll get good income .But this job is very challenging and you
> should understand it.
>
> Personal Information
>
> Full Name:
> Address:
> City:
> State/Province:
> Postal Code:
> Residential Phone Number:
> Mobile(optional):
>
> Fill in your Information above and I will get back at you.

I thank everyone for their responses to the question. It informed me as to what exactly was going on. I responded to a listing on craigslist and got this e-mail and a check arrived in my mailbox after I provided personal information. Needless to say I am going to ignore this offer thanks to the good people here who decided to share their encounters.

Once again, Thank you everybody.

Oh and the payment was supposed to be made to:

Thank you for the email update. I want you to know that you will be receiving a check today via UPS(1ZY***************) from Mills College of amount $2550.00 in accordance with the transaction details below.


Transaction Details :


Date: May 28, '08
Buyer: Mills College.
Item: Swatch Watches (20Pcs)
Price: $ 850.00


Instructions

Once you get the check , Make sure you take it to your bank and have it cashed-out immediately and wire the rest funds to the Information of David below .Once you have cashed the check , deduct 10% of it and also the western union charges ,then wire the rest to the information below via western union. Find below the western union details of whom you would be sending the funds to. I suppose you would be sending the funds today.



Western Union Details Below:


Nameavid Ugrin
Address:ZUPANCICEVA 33
Zip:6000
State: Koper
Country :Slovenia

Once you send the funds, i would like you to send me the following details


*Name and address of the sender
*10 digits western union (MTCN #)
*Amount sent

I look forward to your email alongside with the necessary details

WATCH out everybody (pun fully intended) ha ha.