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As someone who worked there for a week,, trust me it is a scam. Oh FYI, you should ask Ms. Lodolce where she went to college. Can you imagine someone conducting interviews for an investment banking firm and that person doesnt even have an associates degree? Again shows how much of a scam this place is

The male caller was assertive, assured me my boss knew who he was and that he was expecting his call. My boss was not expecting any call nor did he know who he was. Then he asked if he would be in tomorrow morning and I said I wasn't sure. He then asked if he would be checking emails and I said I'm sure he would be...Then the person said okay good talking to you and hung up. He said the call was regarding project funding.

Got a call from Aaron Witsky who said our Pres should recognize the name; no message necessary. I asked him if we were on a list and he said no - I said if we WERE on a list I wanted us off. He said we were not (isn't that illegal?!). Anyone ever see "Broiler Room" with Vince Vaughn?! That's these guys. As an FYI - Dunn&Bradstreet sell names and numbers to these companies. You can send them a request to get taken off, but it takes a while.

I received a call from an Alex Roberts and he asked for my boss. Was not rude but asked if he still received emails...I said yes but he didn't ask for his email address. I told the guy he would be out for the next 2 weeks. The guy said that was fine and hung up.

I worked for this company and it is the worst work environment of all time. If anybody reads this and even thinks about applying there, you are soarly mistaken and will be smoke and mirrored from beginning to end. They promise you that it's the best opportunity and that you will have and will have no chance of finding another job in this tough market. Well, guess what - I found a much better job and actually PAYS!!!! Do not apply for this "inside sales postion" if you are a talented sales person!!! Your efforts will be rewarded by other companies that are ethical. Kim LaDolce is the recruter for now - do not be persuded by her manipulative ways!!! Or by anybody else that works there if you take the job.

If "just interviewed" had a better handle on the English language he might have an easier time finding a job.  I'm sure knowing how to write and spell basic words correctly is a requirement for the position.

Good to hear I'm not the only one bothered by Houlihan Smith. They ARE pushy and rude. Don't they realize the receptionist has the power to get them where they want to be? Might be smart to at least be nice. Doesn't matter anyway they will not get past me either! Glad I found this. Finally had to threaten to report to Attorney Gen office...we'll see if it worked.

Will never get through at this office.......most presidents/owners as you say...hire people like me so that they don't have to deal with these cold callers....take voice mail! If the owner is interested maybe he will call you back.

I was thinking the same thing.

Kim LaDolce is the recruiter for these mopes. She calls me constantly trying to get me in for an interview, finally I went. During the training one of the "Sales Managers" spelled college and business (collegge bizness.....seriously) on the blackboard. 3 or 4 of the people in the room with me began to laugh. Bottom line, 50,000 salary and I'll replace 5 or 6 of these morons. Try asking Kim LaDolce where she went to collllegge?!?  WHat a joke. Turn and burn [***] with no desire to keep people.

I almost took this opportunity years ago when I was first getting out of college through Kim. When she failed to mention that the job was entirely commissions based and got arrogant when I pressed for further information, I decided to no show her. Three years down the road these people were calling me when I placed my ad back on Careerbuilder.

Needless to say after ignoring quite a few calls everyday, I told 2 of the recruiters that I had found a job opportunity and was no longer interested. Another man called me and when I said I had already informed his staff that I was no longer interested, He told me "well why do you have your add on Careerbuilder?", to which I had replied that it was up since I had recently found a job. He got a real snide attitude and then told me I should take it down then if I don't calls. My next instinct was to tell them that if they had trained their staff better and communicated they would no longer be contacted me and I to use some obscenities. They are so unprofessional there...you would think I would be on a no re-hire for never showing up but clearly that company is seriously jacked up and needs all the dults they can get in the operation

A "Ted Bundt" called to speak with the President. Pushy, rude, aggressive, liar, loser, scumbag!  Obviously, these cold-callers have no clue as to how to get by us Executive Assistant Gatekeepers!  

As if we would do business with anyone with this type of sales tactic.

Get a real job, Ted!  LOSER.

"John Hamilton" has called two times this week. The first time, he asked to speak with "Dave". (Confident "we're best pals!" tactic.) I love taking the wind out of their sails by asking "which one?" --hey, it's a really common name--and he said the Gen. Mgr.'s full name. I said he wasn't available--standard answer for unverified callers--and he started to ask about where he was and when he would be available. I said we don't give out that information. He then pulled out the "you're being mean to me and I don't understand" tactics, going on and on and on. I explained that we don't give out location info for security reasons, which "John" found unacceptable. He kept pushing for a time when he could reach our GM. At this point, given his rudeness and over-the-top tactics which completely destroyed what little credibility he might have had, I wasn't even willing to send him to voicemail file 13. Not worth wasting bytes on. He eventually gave up.

He called again today, and asked for "Dave!" When I asked "which one", he just hung up. Sometimes this is so fun!

Its amazing how they will call again and again just hoping for someone else to bamboozle. Tough luck.

By the way, the GM has a policy that if he wants to talk to someone, he'll give them his direct number. If they don't have it, I can confidently assume he doesn't want the call. So tactics like the above won't work.

My family owns 4 size able companies our receptionist is out sick, so i was filling in for her. long story short is
I get a call from these Clowns and this guy was very direct and asked for the CEO (my father)  without giving any info.
(i heard telemarketing background noise) so i asked what company he's with twice as well as his name, placed him on hold i get back on and he's being very abrasive kind of irritated, he insisted the CEO knew him little did he know i know 95% of his contact group as i work with them as well.
i replied  something like he is not in the office right now either i can take a message, send you to his voicemail or if you have his cellphone number you may be able to reach him.

at this point He replies well what is his number, I chuckled (a little unprofessional but he's a moron) and  said if you dont have it then "There's no how no way you get to speak to the OZ",

he made a threatening remark and asked for my name at this point Im trying not to start howling in laughter as i just finished looking up his company and phone number through google.

i gave him my name laughing at him at this point and directed him to send an email to our receptionist, he said he would try back another day.

The reason i laugh is because i envisioned some little leprechaun goofy guy in a cubicle in this telemarketing floor trying to bully someone over the phone in to talking with their CEO which they would probably get in trouble for putting through if they did. not knowing who he's talking to.  it made my day, and it has given me a new found respect for all secretaries, and receptionists. ya'll put up with alot of garbage.

FYI the firm apparently has people who use the internet as a marketing tool on these sites. and this crack pot hooligan smith firm needs to rethink their sales strategy, as its obvious they arent making many friends trying to cold call.

This number was on our caller ID when we got home this evening.  We are an older couple with no business interest and we're not looking for money.  Why would they call us?  Just random, I guess.

1-26-10 I just received the 2nd call from Jacob at Houlihan Smith, he was everything bad mentioned above.  I work directly for the President of the Company and I would not be on his good side if I allowed rude callers such as "Jacob" beyond my desk.  I don't understand why there isn't something that we can do to stop these calls?  It appears there are enough of us who have been irritated by them, why don't we call them continually, daily and be rude and see how they like it?

Received a call. Yes pushy, good sales people are. I did not put them through but they did not get irate or swear. I took a message (name, number, company, nothing more) which I will pass on.

Holihan & Smith just called and ask for the president of our company by his first name. i asked if i could take a message, he just kept repeating "Is he going to be in today". I said I could probably get ahold of him if he told me the purpose of the call. He did not. I told him we do not take solication phone calls. He said it wasn't. He hung up

There are 2 Houlihan Smith entities...Houlihan Smith & Co. is  a legitimate, regulated mid-market investment banking firm. "Houlihan Smith Advisors LLC" is the nightmare being described and the boiler room on the 3rd floor is kept intentionally separate and away from the ivory tower real headquarters upstairs in the leased corporate headquarters in Chicago. Concerning background checks...indeed...a former senior associate who collected checks in the field for HS Advisors LLC was an ex-con who ran a commodity pool scam and bilked 25 investors out of $5 million and spent 51 months in a federal "condo".

Everything else reported from the others here is true...very true...I know I worked for them.

As the late Paul Harvey said..."now you know the rest of the story".

This poster is most certainly an employee. If they were not, and truly wanted everyone to hear of their success story, why not post your business name which is thriving so well due to the excellent work of Houlihan Smith??

BS!

I receive calls from them at least once a week. They are very vague and give the impression that they have spoke with my boss, owner and VP of our company. He even asks for his cell number: "Oh hey ____, can I get _____'s cell number really quick? I seem to have misplaced it."

They MUST think we're stupid!

The last time they called, yesterday, I managed to keep him on the phone on MY terms after he very quickly tried to get off the call after leaving his message. I told him to wait a moment as I typed in his message and further called him on the scams and complaint sites I was pulling up on google. He acted very astonished saying that it was strange because Houlihan Smith is they most reputable commercial investment banker. I assured him he would not get a call from my boss and ended the call.

Let's see if they have the audacity to call again.