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Job Boards, Scams and Reality Checks

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January 28, 2011


Whenever unemployment rates are high, unscrupulous businesses and individuals find ways to prey on job seekers and profit from their misfortune. With unemployment rates now hovering above 10%, the one industry that continues to grow and remain strong is the “employment scams” industry. There are websites that will make up a work history for you to include on your resume; websites that will issue fake degrees; and websites that will provide job seekers with bogus references.
Then there are the more innocuous sites whose names are somewhat more familiar. They boast thousands of job openings and employers and offer “members” an inside lead to the “hidden job market” in exchange for a monthly fee. They offer free resume critiques and will gladly rewrite every resume to anyone willing to provide them with a viable credit card number.

I subscribe to several association e-lists, where members post a daily exchange of information of benefit to members and their clients. Lately there has been a lot of chatter about the free resume critiques offered by a couple of somewhat well known job boards. Apparently the “cookie cutter critiques” are “scaring” a lot of job seekers into paying one of their “ghost writers” to overhaul their resume – no questions asked!
I am not sending this post to bad-mouth any of these so called “competitors;” simply typing the company name into a search engine text box, along with the words “scam” or “rip off” will tell the rest of the story. I am sending this post because I wanted to tell you about a site I recently located that I think is worth passing along.
Job Board Reviews is an online job board directory that not only links job seekers to thousands of job boards, but provides user reviews and rankings. The Job Board Directory has a search feature where visitors can type in the name of a job board and be taken to a description of the job board, including who owns it, along with their contact information, employer stats, job seeker stats and reviews. The directory also is set up by categories to equip visitors with the ability to locate job boards by business function, career level, industry, and region (to name a few).
The site also features a free online “community” somewhat like LinkedIn and Facebook, career- and job search-related articles, and blogs. The community is still fairly small and the articles and blog post contents are just beginning to grow. But the job board directory is one of the best I have come across and the few reviews that I read seem to mirror what I have experienced as well as what I am hearing from clients and colleagues -both positive and negative.
It’s worth checking out and bookmarking. And if you have no need to use it now, please do a family member, friend or colleague a favor, and pass it on!
Article by, Norine Dagliano and courtesy of CareerHub.com. The Career Hub blog connects job seekers with experts in career counseling, resume writing, personal branding and recruiting.

Originally posted by Candice A

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