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Avoid Job Search Scam - Website Address
Verify website security
You can avoid illegitimate jobs by verifying websites and their security measures. Make sure the web address includes "https://" at the beginning, not "http://." This verifies that the site is both authentic and secure. You can also determine how long the site has been active and who owns it by inputting its URL into a domain age and website registry tool.
Source: Indeed
Job Search Scam - Paying for a Credit Report.
While real employers do sometimes perform credit checks on employees, they NEVER ASK the candidate to cover the cost. Credible companies typically handle credit checks on their own.
Job seekers - Please do your due diligence!
We have come to realize that not all recruiters are created equal. In-house, contract, technical, contingency, retained, staff firms...However, there are a ton of "wannabes" so are unethical, untrustworty and prey on the vulnerable.
I will be posting about how to ID the "bad apples" throughout the next several business days.
1. If your are contacted by a recruiter, before you respond, do a search on LinkedIn and then a Google search. If you end up with zero or minimal information, do not waste your time - delete the email (or InMail). It is likely a scammer.
Background Checks
Most jobs require potential candidates to conduct background checks, which include employment and education verifications, criminal records and yes, credit checks.
Companies will use a third-party business or the government to verify potential employees. That said, it could take an extended period to receive the results.
Therefore, it is a good idea to "google" your name as part of your due diligence to make sure everything is accurate.
Unfortunately there’s a new scam on this site targeting job seekers. It works like this:
You
find a job listing and apply the system asks for your phone number,
email, and full street address. Every job posting ask for this
information; you think nothing of it.
A
few days later you get an email to your personal email. ‘Hey, I liked
your resume but we’ve filled the position. I’ve got a contact elsewhere,
here’s their email.’ You respond to both, and now they know you ARE Allan Brown, this IS your email, AND you’re active on it.
More
days later you get an email claiming someone has put malware on your
phone, they’ve been tracking you all across the internet, they’re going
to possibly show up at your house, possibly blackmail you for all the
dirty sites you’ve been to and splash your face around all your
contacts. It paints a grim and humiliating picture.
Luckily it’s pure BS. I don’t have the camera setup he talks about in the email, and I don’t visit those sites.
If you get this email, don’t open the attachment, use your common sense, all the rest of that.
To
employers, I do wish y’all would just ask for a zip code to identify
where we live. That should give you the information you’re looking for
without making a system where candidates are constantly giving out a lot
of personal information. Not because you’re doing something nefarious,
but because we live in the age we live in, and this sort of thing
happens all the time.
Hiring Manager - Social Media - Due Diligence
Like it or not (I do not but I do not make the rules), recruiters do look at social media. One Harris Poll survey even found that 71% of hiring managers consider social media an effective screening tool. Take a close look at what the public can see on your social media platforms, like LinkedIn, Twitter, and Instagram.
Are your profiles an accurate representation of who you are? More importantly, is your content appropriate, or would a recruiter balk at your posts? Making your profiles private might help you limit potential employers from seeing anything you don’t want to share.
Source: Betterup.com
Background Checks
Most jobs require potential candidates to conduct background checks, which include employment and education verifications, criminal records and yes, credit checks.
Companies will use a third-party business or the government to verify potential employees. That said, it could take an extended period to receive the results.
Therefore, it is a good idea to "google" your name as part of your due diligence to make sure everything is accurate.
Job Search Advice - Background Checks
Do not ever give your information for a background check until after you know you want the job.
1. Too many "bad actors" / false recruiters on the Internet trying to scam you for personal data.
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