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12:39 23rd July 2009
People who have begun working from home have been urged to take care when responding to job offers they see on Twitter.
The US bureau of labor statistics has warned some of the job tweets may not be as they first seem, Tulsa World has reported.
Bureau spokesman Steve Cox notes: "Twitter is the newest, shiniest online hook for yet another work-at-home scheme."
Once signed up to the scams, unsuspecting workers can face hidden charges and in some cases find themselves commited to making monthly payments.
The publication likens the new Twitter scams to those sometimes offered on adverts by Google.
People who have retrained on official computing courses should look for jobs that are recognised within the IT industry.
Home working is a viable alternative to working from an office and proved its usefulness during the recent Tube strikes in London.
The chief executive officer of Signify, a firm which specialises in secure hosted services said: "While many businesses lost valuable working days as employees struggled to get in to their offices, those that had a secure remote access policy in place were able to remain largely unaffected by the strikes."
'Education and training makes workers more employable'
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has advised workers looking for a new job to spend their spare time on education and training courses.According to the organisation, it...
