How to spot job scams?

Scammers will stretch their fraudulent muscles as hard as they can in hunting for their potential victims. And when it comes job-hunting, scammers just aren’t as professional (if not at all).

But in the fierce competition of the working world, it can be very easy to lure job- seekers. Especially with fresh graduate professionals, selling them the dream might just be trick. But if you are smart enough, these common red flags can be pretty identifiable.

1. It’s too good to be true

Scammers would make you feel as though their offer is the job that you truly want. And if you’re the one who usually contacts employers, it’s the other way around in this scenario. An invitation for an interview just pops into your e-mail randomly and you’re suddenly wondering where it came from.

Here lies what is called a data entry scam. With this operation, the pay looks tempting. And you don’t even have to do much work! What they are advertising is a way to attain your dream wage right in the comfort of your own home.

2.Asking for confidential information

Perhaps the most questionable part of just about any offer, is asking for your personal information. And when it comes to jobs, scammers are no different.

Money should not play any part in any lawful application process.

No employer should be asking for your confidential information such as your bank account, your credit card info, or even your birthday. They will tell you that you must provide a series of personal information before your supposed job interview. In other cases, they would ask you to fill out a form or require you to make transactions from one account to another.

3. Unprofessional email

Many companies are looking for someone who can speak and write well in English, and proof-reading should be second nature. Because nothing says fishy

than a message that looks straight out of your spam e-mails. Unprofessional e- mails are not well written, grammatically incorrect, with errors on something as simple as spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

4. Vague job description

When you read a job post, you just know when it speaks to you or when it doesn’t. The thing is most companies are very specific with their ideal employee—from their degree, years of experience in a relevant field, down to their attitudes. Therefore, it is utterly skeptical that a company would recruit just about anyone as long as they’re interested. If the job description simply entails that it needs someone 18 years old and above, with or without a bachelor’s degree, and has access to the Internet, then you might want to dig deeper into the offer.