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Looking for Jobs Online? Doing a Local Job Search? How to Tell if a Job is a Scam (and How to Report a Job Scam)

You can do a local job search just by searching for “jobs in my area”, or search for jobs such as for all USA jobs or even international job opportunities by using one of the job search engines such as “Monster Jobs”, or by frequenting job websites or job posting boards. You can use a country-specific job finder, such as Canada’s HRDC Job Bank (it should really be HRSDC, as it stand for “Human Resources and Skills Development Canada”), or a system-specific job site, such as www.usajobs.gov, which lists all U.S. Federal jobs. You can even just search “I need a job” followed by your location, and come up with a job listing of job openings, complete with job descriptions, in your area. The problem is that job search websites and job listings that list jobs online can’t always distinguish a great job opportunity from a scam. There are many job scams on Internet job boards, such as the Yahoo job scam and the Craigslist job scam, and specific job scams such as the home job placement scam (while it’s possible to find a legitimate no fee work at home job, and other paid internet jobs, it’s very hard to tell the legitimate work at home jobs from the scams). Then there are the not-quite-scam jobs, such as the so-called “Primerica job scams”. So, how to tell if a job is a scam? Here’s how.