How not to fall into massive calls that offer positions too good to be true? The offer was the right one, it matched your professional profile and the salary was attractive, but in the following days they called you to offer you a position in a ‘call center’ or in a multilevel company.
So that you do not take this type of disappointments due to work needs, you have to distrust, filter and carefully navigate the ‘perfect’ proposals on the internet. In addition, to handing over personal information, you could waste time and motivation. However, “the first step is to make sure that the sites and platforms used to search for employment are viable, recognized and related to valid offers,” advises Laura Alba, Human Resources expert at Page Group Colombia.
Next, you must review the profile of the bidder, the grammar of the offer and what it promises. You could even question the bidder with “aspects such as the salary range, the duration of the contract, the possibility of transfers, in itself, special characteristics of the position that may become important for the company or the candidate,” says Alba.
An alternative that can give you security about the company, in which you are applying, is to accessGoogle orLinkedIn search engines, where you can find data such as addresses, telephones, trajectory and even the occasional vacancy published directly on the company’s websites.
In case the offer seems attractive to you and you have any doubts with the possible employer, try to send a resume with a more basic content, without social networks linked to your personal profile, or “ID numbers, addresses and general contact details of the applicant, as well as that of the references, since these lend themselves to an inadequate handling of the information “, recommends Daniel Parra, Permanent Placement Manager at Adecco.
Common domains or with suspicious endings can be a red flag. “You have to check that the email address is not generic. An email that keeps a corporate domain, a logo or that communicates it directly with a person in the company is an aspect that generates security, “says Laura Alba, expert in Human Resources at PageGroup Colombia.
Finally, remember that if you are required to apply for any amount of money, either to take medical exams or other documents, you should be strongly suspicious of the proposal and – in some cases – report. Do not forget to register your resume in our portal, here you can browse through different offers that are published daily, and if you wish, highlight your profile with which you will also receive advice with your curriculum.