Job Vacancies Hoaks, Research Before Submitting Applications
Many job vacancies on several social media. Some time ago in Indonesia, a job announcement came from a well-known company but using a free email domain. This is a suspicion that the job vacancy is a hoax. This model has often been done.
However, when we raised the suspicion, several group members said it was okay to respond to the announcement by submitting applications. They think applications can be submitted immediately. If there is a request for money or something else, then it is proven that it is a hoax. We don't have more discussion, don't want to spend a lot of time on a WhatsApp group, unless it's really important. In this case, we consider it finished by mentioning the main features of a job announcement that should be suspected of hoax.
Instead of taking the energy, time, and costs to complete the requirements as in the announcement, it is better to be accurate in the announcement, even though they use a free domain, in fact, 90 percent of it is a hoax. If you want to prove that the announcement is valid, you should not look directly at the site in question. If the company doesn't or doesn't have a website yet, then it's not a bona fide company. Companies that still use free website domains such as WordPress or Blogspot should be suspicious.
We looked for some strong references and found an article on www.kumparan.com entitled 9 Traits of Fake Job Vacancies You Should Be Beware of. We found the first feature was to use a free email domain like @yahoo, @ymail, @gmail, or @hotmail. That's not new news. A lot of information on job vacancies from great companies using email domains and free websites.
Apart from that from the article above, we recommend checking the correctness of this information through a free application. With this application, we can find out where the news first came from. If you have a little IT expertise, you can also know where the senders of ITU news are.
Job seekers can also ask directly to the company concerned, either by phone or email or their social media (after confirming that all is valid, don't ask the wrong person). If you have friends who are already working there, all the better.
The enthusiasm to get a job should not let us guard against the various modes of fraud that are now entering cyberspace. Be thorough before applying, read the announcement carefully. If the announcement is valid, then follow up. Hopefully, we will avoid fraud and hopefully, fraudsters like this are consciously aware of activities that harm others, whatever the motive. []
