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pkchan United States Local time: 03:07 Member (2006) English to Chinese + ...
Resume Fraud: Is Someone Stealing Your Resume?
Mar 11, 2016
What can you do? Here are some suggestions to reduce the odds of becoming a victim of resume theft:
Protect your document before submitting it online or sending via email. A PDF is the most difficult to copy, and the first choice for sending via direct email. Not all job boards accept PDF, so use a protected word document in that case. It can still be copied, but at least it adds a layer of difficulty.
Make sure your resume has many achievements specific to you. If some... See more
What can you do? Here are some suggestions to reduce the odds of becoming a victim of resume theft:
Protect your document before submitting it online or sending via email. A PDF is the most difficult to copy, and the first choice for sending via direct email. Not all job boards accept PDF, so use a protected word document in that case. It can still be copied, but at least it adds a layer of difficulty.
Make sure your resume has many achievements specific to you. If someone is thinking of trying to steal your content, achievements are more difficult to justify in an interview, and they may think twice.
Don’t put your drivers license or social security numbers, date of birth, or marital status on your resume.
Create a new email to be used only for your job search, so you don’t corrupt the personal email you want to maintain. You will know anything suspicious that comes to this address is a result of your posting your resume, and will be easier to track.
Thoroughly read the privacy policy of the sites where you post your resume. Make sure they won’t sell your resume and have adequate privacy controls in place.
Avoid submitting your resume for a “free resume critique.” Many of these services are unscrupulous and don’t provide useful advice to really improve your resume, and you don’t know how they will use your resume after you submit it.
Limit your open job board postings. I know it sounds heretical to someone in the midst of a job search, but when you realize the majority of jobs are never posted online, the odds for success are low anyway.
Spend your time networking and selectively sending out your resume, instead of competing with 100’s of jobseekers for an online position that may already have an internal candidate lined up to fill it.
If a job posting has a vague or poorly written description, avoid it.
Treat your resume as you would any of your valuable identity papers. Doing so will limit your chances of being a resume theft victim, and protect your hard-earned career history from aiding someone else in getting the position you deserve.
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Rita Pang Canada Local time: 03:07 Member (2011) Chinese to English + ...
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usually before you start collaboration
Mar 18, 2016
Vivian Du (PhD) wrote:
还有这样的手段
This usually starts BEFORE collaboration starts. In my case, I've had two agencies who asked me to provide 3 references after having worked with them for 1 + year. As such, I provided names of 2 agencies- as I really have no right to disclose the names of those direct clients and told them to go to those agencies.
Of course, prior to that, I made sure that I selected 2 agencies which charge more or less the same rates as the asker.
In general, this usually only starts when they ask you to "sign up" and become a LSP. These days when i see those types of requests I simply ignore them and move on.
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