Job scams are a pandemic, and their reach affects job seekers, employers, recruiters, and career professionals.
It’s summer, and job seekers, including recent high school and college graduates, are scam targets. Each year, new scams appear with a new layer of deception to fool victims into thinking they have struck employment gold. Since job scams are here to stay, job seekers must know the potential and actual schemes targeting them. Some of the most popular job boards in the world have unknowingly hosted fake jobs. According to Beyond Identity, 29% of board users are scam victims.
There are too many incidents and types of scams to mention, but my goal is to offer some examples of job scams from articles so that we can learn what to do and what not to do. I hope you’ll use this as an essential guide. Still, I hope these examples will inspire you to be proactive in not getting trapped or fooled by those masquerading as hiring managers, recruiters, or even employees recruiting you for fake jobs.
