I was looking at a franchise site and I noticed an opportunity to buy a Career Agent Network franchise for $29,900.  As I was looking at the brief description, I became more intrigued.  They were selling staffing agency franchises for almost $30,000.  What would this get you?  They claim that you receive everything that you need to launch a business with tremendous earning potential and great work/life balance, including:

• More than 100 hours of Recruiting Operations Training, completed over a 30-40 day period
• Targeted on-site training
• Specific training on recruiting in any high-growth industry
• Mentor Program: an experienced Member accelerates your Start-Up
• Member Offices Support: detailed and comprehensive instruction and guidance
• Software Support: cutting-edge data extraction software for gathering contact information on candidates and employers
• Contracts, operational forms, recruiting presentations and scripts
• Complete website, logo and comprehensive marketing materials
• Online marketing tools to drive potential candidates to your website
• Ongoing advanced and supplemental training

So the question is why would someone pay a franchise fee and other related fees just for training and software?  As I understand it, franchises are profitable for the franchisee when the franchisor promote the service so that they drive purchasers to their company.  I do not see this here.  My recommendation is to avoid at all costs