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Fake job postings and e-mails continue from Monster.com
Every few days, I get an e-mail with “Great News!” It’s from the ultimate fake job site – no, not Craigslist – but Monster.com. The e-mail is the same every time, and it informs me that is has found a… more →
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Fake job postings and e-mails continue from Monster.com
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Vincent Safuto wrote 4 months ago: Every few days, I get an e-mail with “Great News!” It’s from the ultimate fake job site – no, not Cr … more →
I’d start buying again, if …
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Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: Every so often, I take out my telescope, a Celestron C8 I bought in early 1986, and wonder if it … more →
A job, and this time it’s real
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Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: A while back, I posted a triumphant notice that I had finally landed a job. It was with the Census B … more →
Questioning my life
Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: In my early 20s, I made a decision that changed my life. Sure, I had served in the Marine Corps from … more →
Speak out, and dodge the flood of spam
Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: I probably shouldn’t have written anything. My recent advisory post about those e-mails that c … more →
Beware of ‘out-of-the-blue’ e-mails
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Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: You’re checking your e-mail one day, and you see a message from someone who’s looking to … more →
The post that disappeared
Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: For a few hours on Friday, a post appeared on my site celebrating the fact that I had landed a tempo … more →
How dare they? Here’s how and why
Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: There’s been a lot of anger directed at bank CEOs and other high-ups on Wall Street and in Ame … more →
Job hunters need different lessons
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Vincent Safuto wrote 10 months ago: Like others who have become unemployed, I have had to make adjustments to my life and am living with … more →
Seniors beware of desperate workers
Vincent Safuto wrote 11 months ago: I was taking one of many walks a couple of days ago when my iPhone rang. Usually, it’s a wrong … more →
Some companies abuse Employ Florida’s job board
Vincent Safuto wrote 11 months ago: If you’re looking for a job in real estate sales, you’re in luck. At least, you are acco … more →
The day I fired CareerBuilder
Vincent Safuto wrote 11 months ago: There comes a point when you have someone working for you – or pretending to work for you … more →
Notes and observations on being jobless
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Vincent Safuto wrote 11 months ago: As I come closer to the four-month anniversary of losing my job, I wonder just what the future holds … more →
Job fair had no fun, no jobs
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Vincent Safuto wrote 1 year ago: My suit was new, I looked nice and had all the accoutrements of a professional in search of employme … more →
