Comments for BerthaBlog

Comment on Freeway Signs by Bertha

Bertha — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:45:36 +0000

You’re probably right.

Comment on Freeway Signs by Dirk

Dirk — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:10:26 +0000

People would just ignore them like they do so many other signs….

Comment on Gainfully Employed At Last! by Saadi

Saadi — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 22:09:44 +0000

Gratz!!!!!

Comment on More Scammers by Bertha

Bertha — Sun, 22 May 2011 19:31:54 +0000

I don’t think I even put my CV on Jobing, I think they’re just lying. Call me cynical. :)

Comment on No, I Won’t Be Applying There by Bertha

Bertha — Sun, 22 May 2011 19:30:35 +0000

It does get discouraging, wading through all the scams to try and find the legitimate jobs. I’ve done the same thing you did, Googled a suspicious site in a job ad–so after all those others have warned me, it’s nice to “pay it forward” and warn others!

Comment on More Scammers by demaja

demaja — Sun, 22 May 2011 14:39:52 +0000

I used to get a lot of these after I posted my CV on CareerBuilder. Most of them were seeking to fill sales positions, and some were just total BS. I’ve since taken my CV off of CareerBuilder, because I’m sick of having my time wasted by these noobs.

Comment on No, I Won’t Be Applying There by demaja

demaja — Sun, 22 May 2011 01:35:47 +0000

Hi. Your blog popped up as I did a search for jobscreening.org. I also replied to a Craigslist ad (Dynamometer Technician. They email I received used proper English :), but what caused my suspicion was 1) the email was too vague about the client, 2) most job search engines use .com or maybe .net, 3) I saw a similar posting on Career Builder (looked to me as though they copy/pasted from that posting), 4) it didn’t really say anything about completing the application process–just filling out a questionnaire, 5) it was too wordy; most job search site replies are very direct and pointed, but this one just went on and on and on… (like my post!), and 6) it just had like a scam feel about it; I almost expected it to tell me that some wealthy Nigerian left me a butt load of money.

Anyway, the whole thing felt off to me, so I went in search for some info about it before going to their site. Thanks a lot for posting about it, and good luck with your job search.

Comment on No, I Won’t Be Applying There by Bertha

Bertha — Sat, 21 May 2011 12:25:32 +0000

Yeah, I imagine jobscreening.org will only last a week or two, and then they’ll cycle their scam ads to a new site. If only I were completely lacking in ethics, I could join in on this apparent bonanza!

Comment on No, I Won’t Be Applying There by Devin

Devin — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:10:45 +0000

If you watch the address bar after clicking the “CLICK HERE to get your free credit report” link you’ll see it load several URLs in succession, one of which is a referral link to freecreditreport.com via cpabounty.com. The scam is to get you to sign up for the service, they get the sweet sweet affiliate money; I assume the last step is turning you down for the (presumably nonexistent) job which doesn’t really look all that scammy.

Add that in with the fact that jobscreening.org was registered last month:

——————–
Domain ID:D162071581-LROR
Domain Name:JOBSCREENING.ORG
Created On:19-Apr-2011 14:53:26 UTC
Last Updated On:07-May-2011 06:46:23 UTC
Expiration Date:19-Apr-2012 14:53:26 UTC
——————–

and it looks shifty as hell. I can’t imagine a real job placement company would care enough about the few dollars here and there from affiliate marketing to bother.

That said, it’s really a natural step from freecreditreport.com’s naturally scummy behavior (it’s the /not/ free credit report system) to be encouraging this sort of thing.

So if you’re still job searching, apparently making fake placement agencies is a booming industry? :)

Comment on No, I Won’t Be Applying There by Bertha

Bertha — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:41:47 +0000

Hopefully not that many, but my faith in humanity’s intelligence goes up and down depending on how much news I watch…