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| FINDING JOB OPPORTUNITIES SAFELY USING ONLINE TOOLS |
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| Turn on the TV today and you’ll find someone discussing their online stalker, stolen identifies, or tales of horrific crimes committed online. Yet, in today’s world, using the Internet for basic functions, such as a job search, is a necessity and not a luxury. An online job seeker must find ways to use the internet to find career opportunities without jeopardizing their own safety. Listed below are some tips you can use
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| Keep your identifying information secret |
| Online job searches do not need your social security number or your driver’s licenses number in order to be effective. The best job search tools will help match you with employers or show you open positions by focusing on your experience, your skills, your education and your location. Background checks or credit checks on job seekers are usually initiated by the company after interviews are complete. Online job tools do not take on that function.
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| Be wary of information requested via email |
| No valid company is going to ask you to submit strange or personal information with an email request. Do not be fooled thinking that a prospective employer or a job search tool needs your bank account number or your credit card pin. They don’t need any of that information and they never will. Don’t click on links from the email and don’t respond to that email.
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| You should only enter personal information for an online job search after you securely sign in to their website. In addition, you should have the option to hide your personal information during initial searches.
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| If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is |
| No online tool will ask for your help moving money from overseas and no company is going to give you a million dollars to cash out a winning lottery ticket. Don’t be fooled into taking some sort of pre-employment action that might damage your reputation, credit history or personal background.
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| Limit your use of tools to those that limit their functionality to job searches or career placements.
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| Use the right online tool |
| For the most part, being safe online means picking the right online tool. Tools that are to be ignored include those that ask for personal information, veers off into non job search functions or requests odd actions or personal financial information via email.
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| Valid online employment sites, like ResumeBuilder.com, will give you information about themselves, detail their privacy policies, and will do what they say they do. They will tell you about their products, how their job searches work, give you career advice and help you create your resume. Their function is to help you and all their actions will back this up.
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