Watch Out for the Plausibility of Recruitment Advertisements
When job hunting online, do not readily trust recruitment advertisements that claim “no experience or academic qualifications required” yet offer “high pay and good benefits”. You should check whether the salary of the vacancy and the required conditions are consistent with reality and market levels.
Guard Against Unreasonable Fees and Demands
Some fraudsters, under the pretext of recruitment, impose unreasonable charges on job seekers under various pretexts and guises, such as registration fees, data processing fees, administrative fees and work permit fees. If during a job search you are told that you lack the entry requirements for the vacancy and must pay for your own training classes or other courses to upgrade your skills before being hired, you should stay vigilant, as this is likely a fake recruitment exercise designed to defraud you of money. Legitimate companies generally do not ask employees to bear any costs.
If you find that the work involves multi-level commission (so-called pyramid selling) and the goods sold are more expensive than those on the open market; or you are asked to pay a large membership fee; and you are persuaded to recruit members (including relatives, friends and classmates) to become subordinate staff in order to earn profits, rather than focusing on product sales, you should decline the job.
Protect Your Personal Data and Safety
Some fraudsters, under the pretext of recruitment, extract important personal data from job seekers, such as identity card, bank account and credit card details. During the online job search process, if you need to provide personal data, please consider whether the employer’s request is reasonable and whether there is a risk of excessive collection of personal data.
When going for an interview, keep personal safety firmly in mind, avoid going alone to unusually remote locations for interviews, and watch whether the interview process is excessively slapdash. Fraudsters may during the interview defraud job seekers of money or extract personal data, and then steal job seekers’ bank savings or use the fraudulently obtained information for unlawful activities; or they may claim to be recruiting for online part-time work, promising job seekers that purchasing online game top-up cards on their behalf can earn service fees or commissions, and once the job seeker provides the top-up card serial number and password, the fraudster sells the credit and loses contact, causing the job seeker financial loss.
If an employer makes unreasonable demands, you should reject them outright, and certainly not carry out illegal work for the employer.