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Employment Scams:
International Staffing Consultants,
Inc. is pleased to provide the following information about
employment scams: Tips To Remember: Be very
skeptical of overseas employment opportunities that sound "too good to
be true."
Additional Sources on Scams 1)
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employment_scams
Employment scams, also known as job
scams, are a form of advance fee fraud scamming where certain
unscrupulous persons posing as recruiters
and/or employers
offer attractive employment opportunities which require the job seeker to
pay them money in advance, usually under the guise of work visas, travel expenses,
and out-of-pocket expenses. The scams typically involve
lucrative offers of employment in Europe, the Middle
East, West Africa, or South
Africa with money demanded to be paid to an agency or travel
agent for visas or travel costs. These companies often present themselves
with official looking websites and documentation. Once the victim has paid the
advanced fees for employment, the business
either declines employment or ceases
operating as soon as the transfer is finalized. This type of scam has become
more and more frequent recently due to the popularity of Nigerian 419 scams, and growing suspicion towards e-mails offering
to transfer money from bank accounts, especially those originating in Africa. Unlike
419 scams, job scams tend to mostly target persons looking for employment in
other nations such as hopeful immigrants or contractors and operate out of nations with
high immigrant and foreign employment rates. It is advisable to be wary of any
job offerings which arrive in e-mail unsolicited and eventually require
anyone to pay a fee in advance, particularly if the fee is asked to be paid
through a financial services company such as Western
Union, or if one must pay the amount to a bank or person in a third
country (especially a West African nation) that is suspiciously unrelated to
either party. Most reputable companies and/or agencies will absorb these
costs themselves if they are the ones seeking the employee. 2) For comprehensive information about scams of all types we recommend a visit to http://www.quatloos.com/ which is a public educational website covering a wide variety of financial scams and frauds, including wacky “prime bank” frauds, exotic foreign currency scams, offshore investment frauds, tax scams, “Pure Trust” structures and more. 3) Expat Engineer also offers a comprehensive exposure of several employment scams at http://www.expatengineer.net/ Sample Resumes
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professions.
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tip: Hide Your Distribution List
Do not
make it appear that you are “shot gunning” your resume everywhere. A good recruiter may be discouraged from
contacting you if it looks like you are working with hundreds of other firms.
When sending your resume to more than one company in the same e-mail message,
use the “undisclosed-recipients” feature in your e-mail program, or the
“bcc:” field to hide the list from the people to whom you are applying. Do
NOT put your mailing list in the “To:” field. If your e-mail program does not
offer a way to hide your list, simply send a message to yourself and then
list your other addresses in the Blind Carbon Copy (bcc) area. This will make
your contact seem more personal…James R. Gettys. RESUME DESIGN: KEEP IT CLEAN
Loud
colors and funky fonts belong on birthday party invitations, not your resume.
Use these tips to let the real you shine through. |
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