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Online Job Scams

published Mon, Oct 26 2009 19:00 GMT
One of the questions I get asked frequently is how to tell whether a job posting is a scam or a real job. There are as many scams as legitimate job openings on the job boards - sometimes it seems like more. And it can be really hard to tell the difference between what's real and what's a scam. Scammers are getting more sophisticated and coming up with new ways to take advantage of job seekers all the time. Toby Dayton, President and CEO of JobDig explains, "There is just no question that job boards as a whole can be, if they are not diligent in managing the risk for consumers, a magnet for scams, rip-offs, and identity theft. There ...

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