I recently applied for a "marketing assistant" position with Riverpoint Management. I put marketing assistant in quotes because the job positing was incredibly misleading (as the position is primarily SALES)! During the first interview, I met with the president of the company who attempted to get me excited about a position full of opportunity. The interview was extremely brief and answered very questions. I'm sure this was intentional. A few hours later I received a call informing me that I was selected for a second interview. I had done some research on the company but decided to give them a chance anyway. I really wish I hadn't wasted my time. I drove nearly 45-minutes to a big-box store. There, I learned that I would be promoting (aka: SELLING) products to shoppers because "every one begins in entry level". So much for that "marketing assistant" position I had applied for. Picture the booths you see set up in the aisles of the mall. It's similar to that... I was then told that in less than a year I could be managing a portion of the company's clients and making upwards of $75,000 a year. But, here's the kicker, I would be making just over minimum wage until that "promotion". Be warned and don't be deceived!

I found the job on Indeed.com and applied online. They contacted me within 24 hours of applying, and they wanted to schedule the interview the next day. I was very skeptical by how quickly they wanted to set things up. I went the following week to meet with the "president," who turned out to be a girl in her 20's who had done well at another branch, and was given her own branch under false pretense of it being a small business. She was nice, but they omitted a lot of details, such as the "event marketing" simply means going to places like Sam's Club and asking shoppers for feedback on a product. There were many aspects of this position that were advertised falsely, and as a college graduate, I was very disappointed at how overqualified and undervalued my skills were being taken.