Comments on: Employment Guide Still Running Scam Ads; Dailies Running Ads For Same Crook

By: Jim Deerfield

Jim Deerfield — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 05:06:41 +0000

Talent 6 is another one. they advertise for TV and movie extras, and have postings on CB, Monster, Hotjobs, and when you call, they want to charge $45 to create a portfolio for you. TOTAL scam. They also keyword spam, embedding tons of keywords in every posting on some boards hoping to spam evey jobseeker in the database for those job boards that send out job alerts. Horrible. And you wonder why this space has a bad rap.

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Ethics Lesson From Apple Lost On Employment Guide » article » Diggings — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 14:52:45 +0000

[...] except prey on unknowing, uninformed jobseekers. I have written about this issue before (here, here, here, and here), and will continue to do so until the Guide stops aiding and abetting these [...]

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Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:35:44 +0000

[...] advantage of the most vulnerable in our society and prey on ignorance and desperation. I’ve written about this topic quite a bit over the past few years, and will coninue to do so until the Guide and other newspapers stop [...]

By: Toby Dayton

Toby Dayton — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:32:37 +0000

Most often on the web, and especially with employment classifieds and job boards, if something appears to good to be true, it’s best to assume it’s a scam. The Employment Guide does nothing to screen their advertisers, and anyone willing to pay them a fee can run an ad, no matter how suspicious it seems or how obvious it might be that it’s a scam. If you feel compelled to check it out, do so with complete skepticism. I would not give any personal information, and under no circumstances should you send money for any reason. Keep your guard up for a scam. If you do find it’s a scam, report it.

By: KD

KD — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:28 +0000

I notice that Employment Guide.com regulary advertises ” Confidential Employer” looking to fill several positions in Florence, AL. Most all say $17.50 per hour. Administrative, Customer Service, etc. Do you think these jobs exist? Or is it attempt to get information from people? The way the economy is, those posted jobs would have been filled and never posted again. But it seems every month they list them again. It is very frustrating when you are actually looking for something and it ends up being a scam.