Think of it as making lemons out of lemonade or a sow’s ear from a silk purse. It’s a sort of reverse creativity sparked by hard economic times, and it hits hardest those who are jobless and who want and need work.

Here are a couple of companies now using their creativity to attract and victimize job seekers:

Outsourcing Technology, of Garden Grove, advertises in newspapers’ classified ads, offering work at home. Also known as Optimal Solutions Tech, Solutions Tech, Advanced Information Systems, and Ostech, the company also has locations in Huntington Beach, Lake Forest, Los Angeles, and Anaheim. They apparently advertise all over the country, since complaints come from a...Click to view full post