Protect Yourself
By: Govy
It is very important to protect yourself when it comes to online job hunting. There are a lot of fake websites that tries to drain your money, grabbing the opportunity that job seekers are desperate to be hired and willing to shell-out their money just to be on the list of applicants.
Keep your contact information to a minimum on resumes posted online and you can use an alternate e-mail address to weed out spam and irrelevant requests, but it’s also the professional way to protect yourself. Remember, never use your business e-mail on your job hunt.
Protect your privileged information and never provide any personal info over the phone or online to prospective employers (or anyone for that matter) outside of what’s currently available on your resume.
Use your common sense…we have all been in the “unemployed and desperate” space at some point in our lives and it is never fun. All these troubles can be avoided if we keep our eyes and ears open and ensure our safety and protect ourselves.
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