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Red Flag Alert: 5 Signs You Shouldn’t Take a Job

By | Alyssa Goldman of LearnVest

This article is from our friends at LearnVest, a leading site for personal finance.

moved to New York in search of fame and fortune—just kidding.

In all honesty, I moved to the Big Apple unemployed and in search of an entry-level position—but I’m one of the many casualties of the economic downturn.

It didn’t help that my strategy for landing a full-time job was anything but, well, thought out.

To date, I’ve applied for dozens of jobs—many of which were far from my dream position. In today’s economy, you can’t be too picky, but sometimes the gig just isn’t right. In fact, I’ve learned that it’s probably in your best interest to pass on a position if any of the following are true.

1. Information about the organization isn’t widely available (or presents the company in a bad light)

It’s easy to write off a negative review and consider it a random act of a scorned employee. I thought this was the case when I interviewed for a position at a boutique PR firm. The company’s website was under construction, and the first result to appear in a Google search was a review from a former freelance employee who claimed that the “insane” boss still owed her $50 for her services. Beyond that, there was almost no information available about the firm, and the rarely updated Facebook and Twitter pages had few followers and lots of spam.

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