More Craigslist Tomfoolery

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Assistant to Office accountant (orlando, FL)

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Date: 2010-02-20, 1:00PM EST
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We offer an excellent chance for the right person. We are searching for a professional candidate who will be able to assist the general accountant in day to day functions.

Abilities Reqiured:
+ Expierence in AP, AR, Bank Reconciliation, and ability to post account book entries.
+ Vast experience in Excel and QuickBooks| needed.
+ Accounting Background with Experience Preferred.
+ Candidate with a paralegal background or some skills is desired.
+ Professional, Organized, Independent Thinker.
+ Person that can conform to fast changeable environment.
+ Deftness and confidence speaking with Partners.
In case you become interested in this position please send your resume in a word document.


•Location: orlando, FL
•Compensation: $17 per hour
•Principals only. Recruiters, please don't contact this job poster.
•Please, no phone calls about this job!
•Please do not contact job poster about other services, products or commercial interests.



PostingID: 1609747242


http://orlando.craigslist.org/acc/1609747242.html

http://daytona.craigslist.org/acc/1610000130.html


http://tampa.craigslist.org/hdo/acc/1610603635.html

http://jacksonville.craigslist.org/acc/1609785257.html


http://gainesville.craigslist.org/acc/1607897746.html

As you can see a variation of this ad can be found on the Orlando, Jacksonville, Daytona Beach, Gainesville, and Tampa Bay Craigslist. At first I thought they were casting a large net but every ad suggests the job location is in the area that the job is posted.

I know the personals are full of "pic collectors" but I think the job section is full of resume collectors.

There are so many hard working folks looking for jobs. There should be a special place in Hell for those for those who exploit them.


My fiancee is looking for an accounting job. She has fifteen years of accounting experience and has worked for large public accounting firms and real estate investment trusts. She has been looking since April. If anybody neeeds a great accountant let me know.

[madrchsod]

1. these ads need to be flagged

one of my time killing hobbies is flagging car ads.....

[DemocratSinceBirth]

3. So This Company Has Controller In Six Different Cities?

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[FreakinDJ]

2. collecting resumes is about 20 years old

some idiot wrote it in a book some where

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. I Can See Collecting Pics If That's Your Paraphillia

But what do you do with the resumes?

[FreakinDJ]

11. Notice the low wage for the skill set

it allows you to gauge what folks are willing to work for

[DemocratSinceBirth]

12. My Fiancee Had A Job That Required That Skill Set In LA

She was making $60K

In certain parts of FL a fair salary for that job would be $45 to $53K or thereabouts.

[FreakinDJ]

13. Florida is substancially less

but some of the other areas the OP mentioned certainly are not

[KharmaTrain]

22. Done To Cheapen The Labor Pool

I had a boss who played this game...collect resumes of people who are more qualified for the position or asking for less money (yep, people foolishly include their salary "expectations" on resumes) which are then presented to a qualified candidate to get them to take less money. Make 'em feel like they're the lucky one out of 100 resumes when in truth 99.9% of those resumes are either bogus or people who wouldn't take the job.

[sendero]

4. I don't understand the scam..

.. please enlighten me.

Of course everyone knows that these are the only ads on craigslist that have to be paid for.

And BTW, I love craigslist, it has enabled me to easily sell off a lot of household items I don't need and don't want to take with me when I move. Fantastic!

[DemocratSinceBirth]

6. Only In Certain Locations Do They Have To Be Paid For

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[KittyWampus]

7. How is this a scam?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

9. I Presume It's A Scam

It seems odd that a company would have controllers or comptrollers in several different locations.

[Bluebear]

8. "In case you become interested'...doesn't sound like American word usage

Vast experience, deftness strike me as thesaurus words...is there a chance that this leads to some offshore scam?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

10. She Just Wants To Find A Job

It's brutal out there and the bottom feeders are out in full force.

[Berry Cool]

21. There's also a great deal of random capitalization of words that don't need capitalizing

which also suggests a posting by a person for whom English is not a native language.

Makes you wonder whether this "job" is similar to any of those money-laundering scams people are trying to get Americans snagged into--where they want you to "process accounts" by running their money through your bank.

[Frank Cannon]

14. Why would anyone "collect resumes"?

I don't get it.

My wife has been unemployed for most of the last year and is desperately looking for work. The worst things we have run into so far are people who quit their jobs, then beg for them back when they see how bad the job market is (causing the company to withdraw their offer to my wife before it's signed; this has happened twice) and the usual multilevel marketing schemes which are easy to spot.

If what you describe is a scam, please describe how the scam works for us who have a definite need to know.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

16. Duno

But I doubt this organization has multiple controllers or comptrollers in multiple locations.

[Frank Cannon]

18. Well, then it may not be a scam

Maybe the company has multiple offices, but they're networked and the controller can work out of any of them. That's not an unusual setup.

If I were a scammer, I can think of a lot better business models than trying to rip off the poor job-seeking unemployed. Basically, scammers are looking for the ripe "fool and his money" crowd.

[d.gibbs]

15. The risk here is identity theft

[John1956PA]

20. Bingo! Foreign scammer at work.

The ad's wording is choppy, its misspellings are inexcusable, and its employment position is obscure. The ad is phishing bait being dangled by some foreign scammer. Flag it.

[John1956PA]

23. I just checked Pittsburgh Craigslist, and this same phony ad show up there, too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

24. Unflippingbelievable

http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/acc/1610857059.html

[MicaelS]

28. Notice the difference is wages?

$17 vs $12...for someone with a Bachelor's Degree? This is a scam of some sorts.

[AllentownJake]

17. You are seeing an increase in work from home scams as well

There is an entire industry out there, which sole purpose is to take as much as possible from people who have just had a job loss.

Capitalism, gotta love it!

[LibertyLover]

19. The ads on Craigslist for rental properties are almost as bad

My husband or I check them almost every day to see if we can find a place that is better than the hellhole we are currently in. When we see something in our price range we'll look at it. Almost immediately it's apparent that it's a scam or is for a company requiring payments to find you a place to rent. Very disheartening. Good luck to your fiancee in finding a job.

[w8liftinglady]

25. fyi-the TPers have a craigslist campaign

http://www.teapartypatriots.org/Status.aspx

stopgovernment Stop progressive recruiting! Go to Craigslist, jobs, non profit sector any/every major city. Flag ALL progressive recruiting ads, do it every day. Spread the word and we can stop them from gaining any ground BEFORE november! Thanks in advance.

[Lisa0825]

26. A relatively recent twist on scams is suggesting that someone may be hired....

and then requesting their personal information in order to do a background check. If they get 1000 resumes and only 1% fall for it, that's 10 identity theft victims for very little effort.

[madrchsod]

27. just read this on one of my craigslist bookmarks about this....

http://rockford.craigslist.org/cgi-bin/jobs.cgi?&category=acc/

[laylah]

29. My local Craigslist (Quad Cities)

has an alert before each category. They should all do this.