Make your company a hard target for job scams

Your company’s talent is its lifeblood. Job postings for qualified individuals and other recruitment activities are vital to its operations. What happens, then, when scammers conduct phishing schemes to trick individuals into applying for nonexistent jobs you didn’t post with the objective of stealing their personally identifiable information (PII)?

Gone phishing

In the age of remote work and virtual hiring, the impersonation of companies in job recruitment scams has become increasingly prevalent. It can be difficult for jobseekers to recognize a recruitment outreach as a scam, particularly when they’re highly interested in the opportunity. So, it’s important for companies to take steps to mitigate or stop the potential for harm. Leveraging company intellectual property is crucial to combating such schemes and protecting both jobseekers and the company’s reputation.

Although scammers use different approaches to phish jobseeker information, these schemes are typically rooted in the goodwill of reputable brands. If scammers can convince jobseekers they’re reaching out on behalf of a well-known, reputable company, they have their hook.