Jobseekers can be the target of fraud. Especially at the moment when there are many people looking for jobs and recruitment now happening entirely virtually. So we wanted to give you a quick reminder of our top tips to avoid falling foul of fraudulent job adverts.<\/p>\n
As the name suggests, job fraud usually involves a fake job advert. Fraudsters have been known to upload fake job adverts to job listing sites which require applicants to spend money on checks or call premium rate phone numbers for interviews. They may also try to collect personal details to attempt identify fraud.<\/p>\n
In the Careers Service we occasionally get targeted by these kinds of jobs. We have had individuals attempt to register as legitimate companies with a slightly different and misspelt email to advertise fake jobs. Because we do detailed checks of every organisation attempting to register on MyFuture \u2013 we can spot fraudsters so you can trust that jobs on our site are legitimate. If you do see something that doesn\u2019t seem quite right though, do let us know.<\/p>\n
You might be looking for jobs beyond MyFuture \u2013 which is fine! in fact we recommend it - we can\u2019t advertise every single job on our jobs, so searching in different places is a good idea. If you are using other job boards or agencies though, it\u2019s important to keep some basic principles in mind when considering a job advert or applying to a job.<\/p>\n
You can find out more about keeping safe when applying for jobs on Safer Jobs<\/a><\/p>\n