Verify the Company and the Position
Before responding to a recruitment advertisement, jobseekers should check whether the salary offered for the vacancy and the required qualifications are realistic and in line with market levels, and should not readily believe advertisements that claim “no experience or academic qualifications required” yet offer “high pay and good benefits”.
Beware of Unreasonable Charges
Legitimate companies generally will not ask employees to bear any costs. If, during a job search, you are told that you do not meet the entry requirements and must pay your own way to enrol in a training course or other programme to upgrade your skills before you can be hired, you should be on high alert — this is very likely a fake recruitment scam designed to defraud people of their money. Fraudsters will also levy unreasonable charges on jobseekers under various pretexts and in various names, such as registration fees, data-processing fees, administrative fees and work-permit fees.
Protect Your Personal Data
During the online job-seeking process, if you are asked to provide personal data, consider whether the employer’s request is reasonable and whether there is a risk of excessive collection of personal data. Some fraudsters, under the guise of recruitment, extract important personal data from jobseekers — such as identity card, bank account and credit card details — and then steal bank savings or use the fraudulently obtained information to carry out unlawful activities.
Interview and Workplace Safety
When going to an interview, keep your personal safety firmly in mind; avoid going alone to unusually remote locations for interviews, and pay attention to whether the interview process is excessively casual. Fraudsters also claim to recruit for online part-time work, promising jobseekers that they can earn service fees or commission by purchasing online game top-up cards on behalf of others. Once the jobseeker provides the top-up card’s serial number and password, the fraudster sells the credit and loses contact, causing financial loss.
If you find that the work involves multi-level commission (i.e. pyramid selling), sells goods at prices higher than those on the market, requires you to pay a large membership fee, or tries to persuade you to recruit members (including relatives, friends and classmates) as downline employees to earn profit rather than focusing on product sales, you should refuse the job. If an employer makes unreasonable demands, you should refuse outright and, moreover, must not carry out illegal work for the employer.