Will I loss my unemployment benefits for leaving a paid group interview, once I discovered the position was misrepresented to me?

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Will I loss my unemployment benefits for leaving a paid group interview, once I discovered the position was misrepresented to me?

An employment agency indicated that they had a position as a career services coordinator in my area; for $44k, working 8-5 M-F. The job description matched my experience well. They asked me to go on a paid group interview/training with the company, along with 60 other applicants. Once I arrived for this Ggroup interview/training, I was made aware that what they really were looking for were externship coordinators, which would be an outside sales position. I was also told that the location would be whatever campus they selected, and that the hours would vary from 7 am to 8 pm, including Saturdays.

Asked on July 25, 2011 California

Answers:

M.T.G., Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney

Answered 12 years ago | Contributor

No, you should not lose your benefits and if for some strange reason that did come to pass I think that you could fight it and win them back.  You are not required to take a job for which you are not qualified JUST to have a job.  Its like telling an accountant that they have to take a job in McDonalds just to be working.  You were not qualified for that job and the employment agency did exactly as you said: they misrepresented the job and its requirments and really wasted your time. So do not worry.  Just take each days as ti comes and keep on looking .  Evenntually something will come up.  Good luck to you.


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