A recent article in the Wall Street Journal warns job seekers about fake online job postings. These ads are used by career-marketing firms to sell their services to people who think they're applying for real jobs. Or, worse, they're used by identity thieves to phish for Social Security numbers or other personal information.
These fake job listings are most often found on the big job boards like Monster or Careerbuilder, but I'm sure they occasionally are posted on niche boards like mine, TransitTalent.com. If you ever use my job board and discover that a job ad is bogus, please let me know right away. The transit industry is small enough that I know who most of the employers are, but I never want to underestimate the ingenuity of scam artists, especially since the recession is probably taking a toll on them too.
Until next time.
Steve
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