5 Ways Job Seekers Can Spot Scams

5 Ways Job Seekers Can Spot Scams5 Ways Job Seekers Can Spot ScamsEven the savviest of job seekers can get seduced by a job scam. Whether youre looking for at home work, a telecommuting position or a complete career change, watch out for these signs of a scam.Here are five ways job seekers can spot scams1. Asking for personal info.Protect yourself from the start. From your bank account number to your Social Security number, you should never reveal personal financial information about yourself. One of the most popular job scams today is to have the applicant deposit a check into their account and then send the employer money. A real company will never ask you to deposit a check for them.2. Hired without an interview. Sure, you know that your skills would be a perfect match for the position. But how does your potential employer know that without even interviewing you? Be careful of overzealous employers who want to hire you ASAP without doing an interview or even asking for references. 3. To-good-to-be-true claims. When youre pounding the pavement hunting for your next gig, it can be easy to be swayed by the lure of making $5000 a month working only 15 hours a week. Sadly, this is simply a scammers way of enticing you to apply.4. Work from home appears first in the job title. When a job listing screams out Work from home without even stating what the job is, its most likely a scam. Details such as working at home or telecommuting should be listed in the jobs description, with an appropriate job title to help potential job seekers find the position.5. Unprofessional email address. The Hiring Manager of a Fortune 500 company wants to interview you, but is using a personal email address. Or the email address ends with a foreign countrys code. Either way, scammers sometimes masquerade as corporate companies so be sure to stay alert to odd-sounding email addresses.If youre unsure if a job position- or even a company- is legitimate or not, do a Google search. You can ev en visit the Better Business Bureaus website to see if any complaints have been filed against the company. And sadly when it comes to job search scams, as the old saying goes, If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.Readers, have you ever been the victim of a job scam?What are some of the ways you spot scams as a job seeker? Tell us in the comments below