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Beware of Scams!

As if job hunting weren’t stressful enough, you have to worry about being scammed! (The post “How to Keep Your Job Search Safe” on Career Builder’s blog, The Work Buzz, talks in greater detail about...

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How to Identify and Avoid Job Scams

As a job seeker, Julie Kramer has run into a number of scams during her job search. In this post, she shares her experiences with us and how she has kept herself safe. Thanks for your words of advice,...

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Five Reasons Auto-DMs Can Kill Your Personal Brand

It’s been interesting to read what people think about auto-DMs since my post on the topic. It’s been pretty much negative, and the comments have been retweeted many times over. If you are a job seeker,...

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05/28/2010 #FF — @interview_ed!

Here is part two of my interview with Ed Finley (@interview_ed). You can read part one here. TJQ: What would be your dream job, Ed? Ed: Well, I’d love to get a job over at Google. Those guys always...

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Measuring Job Hunt Success: The Unsolicited Call

While on Twitter last week, an interesting tweet by recruiter and social media strategist Steve Levy caught my eye: The first part of his tweet makes perfect sense and is something that I have talked...

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Don’t Be Duped by Fake LinkedIn Invitations

Scams that prey on job seekers are everywhere. Some that pretend to be legitimate organizations can be hard to detect. One I have been seeing quite a bit in my inbox recently is the fake LinkedIn...

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Fake LinkedIn Invitations: An Update

Those scammers who are trying to sucker you with fake LinkedIn invitations are getting craftier (maybe it’s because they’ve read the original post I wrote last spring calling them out). Here’s an image...

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