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Alison Doyle

Paying for Job Listings

By , About.com Guide   January 22, 2012

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The About.com Job Searching Forum has been inundated with posts (that have been deleted because they don't fit the standards for posting) offering free trials on job sites that charge job seekers for unadvertised job listings on company web sites.

Regardless of what you read, it's important to be aware that job seekers don't have to - and shouldn't - pay to access listings from employer web sites. Despite sites advertising that you can get a job search edge by paying for job listings (over $200 a year on one site I looked at recently), job seekers don't need to pay to access job postings that are available elsewhere for free.

LinkUp searches unadvertised jobs on employer web sites and has many additional features for job seekers, as well. The job search engines Indeed.com and SimplyHired.com also search jobs from company web sites.

Visit LinkedIn's Company Pages and you'll find jobs posted for the companies you're interested in. All these sites are free for job seekers. They won't cost you a dime, let alone hundreds of dollars to use.

If you come across a site that charges, carefully check it out to see what value it can add to your job search and whether you can find a similar resource for no charge. Google it, ask about it in our Forum,  ask a LinkedIn question, and check sites like the Ripoff Report to see if there are complaints before you spend any money.   Also, check to see how easy it is to cancel the service and get a refund before you sign up - check the Ripoff Report by searching by the web site name and refund, scam, or fraud.

Please save your money, don't get taken advantage of, and don't pay for what is available elsewhere for free.

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