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ClarkHoward.com and The Clark Howard Show offer more advice for members of our nation's armed forces.

Military warned to stay away from for-profit colleges

Military personnel seeking a college education after they serve their country are getting ripped off by recruiters at for-profits colleges. While there are new rules in place to protect them, I'm recommending you take one additional step to safeguard yourself or your loved one in the military. It is so ...

Employers asking job applicants for their Facebook log-ins

More and more employers are snooping on job interviewees in a way that gives me the total creeps. People are going to job interviews and being told to hand over their Facebook log-in credentials. Then the employer signs in as if they're you and looks at your private messages and ...

Homeless wi-fi hotspots: Opportunity or exploitation?

Looking for a great way to make the Internet work better? Put the homeless to work as hotspots! Whenever you have big tech conventions, the wireless industry can't seem to provide enough capacity for everyone with their 12 gadgets. So at South by Southwest (SXSW), the homeless were employed as ...

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Scam alert for job seekers

"Psst, want the inside scoop on hiring at the 1,000 largest companies in America?" Clark reveals the latest scam targeting job seekers.

Saddled with a 403(b) plan? You have better options.

If you ask Congress about teachers, you'll hear a lot of rosy rhetoric about how valued they are, and how important they are to society. But then they turn around and treat them like dirt. Congress sticks teachers and non-profit workers with a piece-of-trash retirement program called a 403(b). The ...

Some states ban using credit reports to eliminate potential job candidates

More than half a dozen states have now passed explicit laws to ban employers from using credit reports to rule out potential hires for jobs where no handling of money is involved. All I can say is it's about time! For jobs involving direct access to funds, I get it. ...

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Tax return check theft scam

I.D. thieves stole a record amount tax info from citizens last year, and along with it, their tax return money. Here's something you could right now to assure you don't get ripped off next tax season.

New site requires escrow payments to ensure freelancers get paid

In this era of unemployment, many people who grew accustomed to working for a single employer have turned to freelancing for a lot of different clients. The problem, though, is that freelancers do the work and then the commissioning business doesn't pay up. When I get calls from a freelancers ...

Online survey sites and focus groups that pay

I'm asked continually if people can really make huge money in their spare time by taking surveys online. The answer is overwhelmingly "no," but there are a few possible exceptions. The reality is that almost every single solicitation you see in your inbox or on a banner ad on a ...

New rash of work-at-home scams

RIP-OFF ALERT: Work at home scams are always in season, with scammers looking to empty your wallet at a time when it's already light because of unemployment or reduced hours at work. The recent types of complaints I've become aware of fall into 2 broad categories: Phony job listings on ...