How to Identify Job Scams and Competent Career Professionals (PODCAST)

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Bridget Weide Brooks (@RWDigest) is the founder of Resume Writers’ Digest, a business that is an important resource for Resume writers. Bridget has spoken at several National Resume Writer Association conferences. She has been a résumé writer for many years and wrote her first résumé at 12 years old. She is a great resource in helping job seekers to identify job scams and hiring qualified career professionals that will offer value.
In our conversation, Bridget and I discussed the most common scams that target job seekers. Bridget said that the most common we hear about is the work from home job scams that the predator asks the victim for personal identifiable information such as social security number and bank account information.

Bridget also explains why mature job seekers are the most vulnerable and some of the steps that anyone should take when approached about an opportunity.

In addition, Bridget and I discuss common fraudulent opportunities (job scams) on the web that can happen anywhere such as Craigslist and other places where opportunities are posted. Bridget emphasizes the job seekers need to research every potential opportunity and listing and ask specific questions that will validate or invalidate any type of business transaction.

Since Bridget is an excellent resource to hundreds of resume writers, her experience in helping people identify legitimate and qualified career pros. She explains how many that charge less than $100 may be giving substantially limited value for his or her service and that “you get what you pay for…” Bridget is also very candid about some signs that a career pro may not be ready to give full valued service and that price is just one indicator of where and how to look for the best help.

About Mark Anthony Dyson

I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.