Most employers are honest. The ones who are not follow a recognisable pattern, and knowing it is most of the protection.
Warning signs of a fake job
- Any request for money from you. A deposit, a training fee, a visa fee, equipment, “registration”, a courier charge. No legitimate employer asks a candidate for money.
- An offer with no interview, or an interview that happens entirely in a messaging app.
- A personal email address instead of a company domain, and a company name you cannot find anywhere else.
- Salary wildly above the market, or “earn NPR 80,000 a month from home”.
- Pressure to decide today, and a refusal to put anything in writing.
- A clone of a real posting with a different contact address. Check the employer’s own careers page for the same role.
What to keep off your public CV
- Your citizenship or passport number, and scans of your documents.
- Your bank account details. No honest employer needs them to hire you.
- Your full home address — a city and area is enough.
- Your family members’ names and contact details.
Sharing a CV safely
Send a link to a single CV version rather than an editable copy, and give a specific version to a specific employer. That is what versions are for. If you need to send a file, a PDF is safer than an editable document, because nothing can be altered quietly before it is passed on.
If something goes wrong
Report the role from its page, and write to the support address with the link, the messages and the account name. If money has already been sent, tell your bank or wallet provider immediately — recovery is possible within hours and almost impossible after a week.