StartWire

Startwire is a scam plain and simple, don't let it waste your time. I saw job placed on linked that I wanted to apply to so I worked on writing a cover letter and putting all my information together. Only to find out after hitting the apply button that it just redirected me to an entirely different page where it tried to make me sign up for things and offered me random other jobs that had nothing to do with what I was looking for. I refreshed the page thinking that something had gone wrong, but no, the job I tried to apply for doesn't exist. It was a trick and literally wasted hours of my time. This website should be shut down.

Spam, spam, and more spam. Also, I received a call from someone named Robert who was obviously reading from a script and listened to absolutely NOTHING I said. I literally repeated the same information 5 times in three minutes and it was like he never heard me. Seemed to be selling educational programs. Looked at the site and there was no Robert listed as a recruiter on their page. Their pop-up appeared when I was applying for a job on another site and I filled it out initially thinking I had to do so as part of the process. Total BS!

As a marketer trying to get the most exposure for our clients, we found that StartWire was intercepting our job postings and getting job seekers to fill out their pop-up application before sending the job seeker to our clients' landing pages. This way they could continue reaching out to job seekers using our paid traffic to beef up their database. Not really even sure if it is legal...

I agree with previous reviewer. I made a mistake applying through startwire.
Constantly was receiving "spam" with the same content. When tried to get my profile closed message said to send email to *******@startwire... to have associate to close my profile, after sending the request got ridiculous answer with several choices such as:"if you whant unsibsribe, then why., if you want to delete account then why." It's scam.

Stay away; it's an absolute scam. They don't provide any service, instead stuffing your inbox with nonsense. I got something like 25 emails from them in 48 hours from fake people with fake names.
They offered a resume-reviewing service which I stupidly decided to do. What they sent back was completely bogus and of course it was a ploy to get you to send them money to rewrite your resume. I didn't pay, of course; Lord only knows how that would have turned out.
Even after unsubscribing, my inbox has filled with unrelated spam in the meantime, and that's not likely a coincidence.

They place attractive job descriptions on legitimate sites like Glassdoor. When you click in such job it takes you to satartwire where they ask you for your info and resume promising to lead you to the application page. When you upload your resume and click to link to apply they INVARIABLY tell you that this job is no longer available. In other words they deliberately mislead people in order to get their personal info. Then you find your email being bombarded relentlessly with truck driver job emails. Pathetic scammers.

I send their daily barrage of watered-down emails start to the spam bin. I'm so sorry I signed up with this service; I felt I had to in order to apply to a job. They mislead in the emails by thinking you received an email from an actual person and the titles also are misleading where they sound like you might have someone interested in your resume... but in the end it is pure canned garbage.

This site is an abomination that practices abusive techniques to attract web traffic. Somebody got a hold of my contact information and created an account without MY CONSENT, and I started inexplicably receiving phone calls and emails on a daily basis. When I looked into it further, I learned that my fake account information was then ported over to CareerBuilder.com through some equally shoddy business 'partnership'. Stop spamming people and start verifying emails before you make information public to recruiters! This is an outrage, your pathetic excuse of a business should be shut down.

If StartWire is the only method of applying for the job, you're better off without it. Seriously, it's not worth the job just to be bombarded with spam. I got roped in applying for a job since there was no option to apply directly on their site. I HIGHLY regret it. I've got 41 emails in 3 days. Even after "Unsubscribing" I still got bombarded with them. Very lengthy process to get it to stop, not what I need when I'm waiting for real emails from real people. Oh, and if you look up the address of StartWire, you'll find it's a park in NH. It's a scam people, beware and avoid at all costs.

If you click on a job ad on Glassdoor or LinkedIn, and it takes you to StartWire under false pretenses that you are applying for a job, RUN! It is a scam, a fraud. Those people should be prosecuted, and their scam operation should be shut down.

SPAM and more SPAM. Do not sign up. Disservice to the job seeker. LinkedIn should be ashamed for aligning with such an obnoxious facade.

Applying for jobs through StartWire will result in a RIDICULOUS amount of SPAM in your email box. You will get numerous emails all with the same redundant content. It's beyond SPAM, it's downright abusive and obnoxious. It is highly recommended that you apply for jobs using a company website and avoid third parties like startwire whose only purpose is is to jam your inbox with useless garbage. If you absolutely need to use this sleezy outfit because the company you are applying for offers no alternative, make sure you unsubscribe and mark as SPAM.

I had to go though their site to apply for a job posting I found online, and it was SUCH a mistake. Their job categories didn't contain anything resembling the industry I am in (research/environmental), and all I've gotten out of it is an endless barrage of emails telling me to sign up for seminars or have my resume looked at. NOT what I was looking for, and a massive waste of time, because I have to unsubscribe from each type of email individually.

I have had several of these, you find a job that seems great and you get Startwire. You then get spammed.

I checked on the companys website and I cant find the job listed. So I am thinking it must be a scam.

As Glassdoor are allowing this to happen I wont use them again.

I applied for a position with a professional organization, but for some reason, their application process went through StartWire. Since submitting my application I have been bombarded with spam emails, and they make the unsubscribing process very long and difficult. Certainly was not worth it.

Same as everyone else. I applied for a position with a professional organization, and somehow they used start wire. Non-stop spam job emails. Crummy job leads, like Insurance sales and franchisee.

Feces can at least be used as fertilizer, so has some redeeming qualities.
This website? Not so much.
No human interaction. Nothing more than a poor front for advertising engines preying upon those looking for their next job. They've polluted my inbox so badly that it became impossible to find real listings.
I am not interested in franchises, over-priced underwhelming training, or any of the other poisonous trash they're trying to foist off on me.
I expected to have an actual human being to interact with and make real recommendations. What I have instead is a spam engine that won't stop sending trash even though I have unsubscribed.

It cheated you to get your information and sent your information everywhere. It will eventually destroy your opportunities to get any job while they annoy potential hiring companies with 100 contact in your name. Linkedin should shut this down.

Around 20 spam emails per day on totally useless information. I am a phd student in microelectronics and they are sending me positions like truck drivers

If I could give them a 0, I would. 84 emails in under 12 hours for jobs I already have listing agents for. I am having a very hard time getting control of my email back - HORRIBLE! Stay gar, far away!

Never in my life have I been hit so hard by spam. No matter how many times I click unsubscribe, it keeps coming back - like that monster that grows 3 more heads every time you cut one off. I just want my inbox back. Please!

I get 40 or 50 emails a day, all the same listings, this company is a nightmare. And 99% are minimum wage

This service has 0 value. Just trash in your email box. Find legitimate jobs elsewhere. Very abusive