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InternetLand is a place of unlimited bounty. Remember the phrase “Knowledge is Power.” The Internet has made knowledge a commodity. Now, with so much Internet accessible knowledge available to us 24 hours a day wherever we are, the challenge is knowing how to separate the knowledge wheat from the knowledge chaff.
A smart consumer knows that just as the Internet reduces our chances of getting ripped off when purchasing an over the stove microwave oven, carelessly using it could adversely affect major aspects of our lives if we are not careful.
We’ve all seen thousands of email phishing and pharming schemes. We’ve encountered a lot of interesting, disgusting and dangerous Web sites when we spell the name wrong in our address bar.
In the career industry we are seeing a plethora of fake career Web sites. One common type that job seekers are running into are sites that say they have lots of jobs but require job seekers to register prior to actually looking at the job posting details. Some don’t even allow you to look at the job postings; they just display a “Thank You” page after you’ve provided them with personal information. This usually results in a large volume of spam email and potentially identity theft.
Another common scam includes Web sites that claim to be job Web sites but are actually collecting information for schools or other entities.
I’m afraid the Internet will probably always have evil Web sites lurking in the shadows. I think it’s time to “out” as many fake job boards as we can. I’ve created a basic Web site called BadJobBoards.com. I’ll be talking about some of my observations and helpful tips on how to steer away from them.
If you run across an obvious fraud job board, please leave a comment on the blog. When we get a decent list, I’ll arrange it so it’s easily accessible.
Help me curb the spread of bad job boards by contributing to BadJobBoards.com.
Sam Morse
CEO
Trumor Inc.
MINNESOTAJOBS.COM & DiversityMinnesota.com