Find a New Job… Confidentality and Privately.
Looking for a New Job, but want to do it confidentially and privately?
The security breach at a major online job board last year may have made you a little hesitant to put your resume into online databases for fear that your contact information will be used for money-making purposes such as direct mail or email marketing or even identity theft. However, there are security measures you can take that will make your online job search more secure.
There is always the option of not putting your resume on the Internet at all, but this will mean that employers who are looking for candidates will not be able to find you online- instead, you will need to be proactive, actively monitoring multiple job boards before you find companies looking for candidates with your qualifications.
It’s much easier for employers to find qualified candidates when they can search for someone with your qualifications and contact you, making you aware of an opening they might not be advertising on job boards. In that case, how do you ensure that the job boards you post your resume to are legitimate and have safeguards in place to ensure the safety of your information?
First of all, make sure you feel confident posting your resume on a job board.. Read their privacy policy and find out if and where the site redistributes your resume do you trust those other sites as well? It may even be a good idea to take a look at the employer side of the site and research their guidelines for resume searchers. The best way to feel totally secure is to email or call the board and get information on their security measures. They want your resume so that employers can search for it, so they’ll give you answers.
Once you’ve decided which board(s) you trust enough to post your resume to, take proper precautions when applying to jobs and responding to email solicitations. Job boards work hard to ensure that only legitimate jobs are posted, however, it’s near impossible to catch every single one of those "spam" job postings that may get through the filters.
What this means to you is that you must keep an eye out for fishy jobs and emails. The old adage is truer than ever on the Internet- if something is too good to be true, it probably is. Never, ever give out your social security number or bank account information. An employer should never ask for that information via email, and a job board will not ever ask you for that information either, as is stated in most of their Privacy Policies.
If you do get such an email and know which job board the person found your resume and got your contact information from, it is in everyone’s best interest for you to notify the job board with as much information about the scam and person emailing you as possible. You can do the same if you see a fraudulent looking posting. The more aware job boards and the Internet community are of scammers, the more they can help prevent them from scamming you and others.
By knowing where your resume is posted, doing your due diligence in regards to security measures and keeping an eye out for fraud, you can help keep yourself and your personal information safe while conducting an online job search.
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