Services spring up to aid jobless but some may be scams

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Entrepreneurs jump in to 'aid' the jobless
By Adam Bell
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Posted: Thursday, Feb. 26, 2009


As the area's jobless ranks continue to swell, entrepreneurs are increasingly targeting the newly unemployed with services that may help them land a job – or strip them of much needed cash.

This week, a Huntersville woman published a new magazine featuring other displaced professionals. And a former NASCAR worker who launched a Web site is helping colleagues survive job losses.

But some unemployed workers say they have been hit up for costly resume and job hunt help, and the N.C. Attorney General's Office is warning about a host of scams targeting people searching for work.

The burst of activity represents a classic case of supply and demand as more service providers focus on the growing jobless market, said Ted Zoller, who runs the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at UNC Chapel Hill's Kenan-Flagler Business School.

Some such businesses are more well-intentioned than others, he said.

“Unfortunately there's a propensity for people entering the market to not be qualified to provide services,” Zoller said. “I'm afraid many people would take advantage” of the unemployed.

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[Bobbieo]

1. Avoid check cashing job offers from any type of business!!!.