Last week I saw a job posting that had some really interesting advice that I don’t remember seeing before, at least not in a job posting. It said: For your privacy and protection, when applying to a job online: Never provide credit card or bank account information, or perform any sort of monetary transaction. What [...]

Hiding behind email is something that is fairly easy to do and is something I have to watch out myself as I’m prone to doing it from time to time. Sending an email rather than picking up the phone and calling someone or seeing them in person is an easy way to get a message [...]

This past week, I received several spam emails offering me free items that I knew were fake so I simply deleted the emails. You’ve probably received the same. You’ve probably also received emails or seen offers for legitimate free things related to your career and wondered about the value. Free resume critiques Free job boards [...]