Privacy Matters Identity Urges Consumers to Safeguard Their Identity While Job-Hunting
When posting a resume online, a job-seeker has mostly one thing in mind: finding the ideal job. What many don’t even consider is the risk they are under when all of their personal information is circulating in cyberspace. A leading security and privacy membership prompts its members and all consumers to be very cautious while looking for a job online.
A job-seeker might want his or her resume to be viewed by as many potential employers as possible, and in most cases, people focus on the resume itself: verbiage, experience and overall look. But the possibility that scammers and identity thieves might have access to the same information is something most people don’t even think about. The truth is that they are out there, phishing for all the information they can gather.
The first step for people who want to guard their privacy while job-hunting is to carefully study the privacy practices of the job sites, then choose the ones that seem to have the best practices and controls while providing appropriate exposure to interested employers.
Here are some recommendations:
– Be picky.
– Limit the contact information.
– Control access to complete resume.
– Create a specific e-mail address.
– Omit references.
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