How to Spot a Fake Job

They’re everywhere, and their purpose is to collect your Personal Information (PI) and and Intellectual Property (IP).

Here’s how to tell:

I Have to Accept your Cookies

Being able to opt-out of cookies is a legal requirement, but like most legal things these days is ignored because there’s no one actually enforcing civil law (happy to collect a list of these sites for any interested attorney).

You Ask for PI, like SSI or DOB to Apply

Amazing to me how many people simply offer this up. Note: If you feel you just cannot say no to the webpage, for God’s sake, please input some phoney numbers!

Essay Questions

Clearly data scraping. Nope.

Bots and More Bots

Oh, they “prefer” to be called “Virtual Recruiting Assistants.” IDGAF what the Bot prefers! I’m not permitting my voice to be recorded by some “spam” number that comes into my phone. Click.

Same Bat-Job, Same Bat-Time

If you’re looking at the boards, you can clearly see the same “companies” advertising the same BS jobs every day. You know these jobs: general JD, above average salary, need immediately. Fake, Fake, Fake.

Reposted

Don’t bother…

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