As
the scourge of unemployment hits Nigeria, some unscrupulous people seem
to be fleecing job seekers in an organised fashion of fake employment
opportunities.
While some people are trying to earn a honest living from legal
jobs, a particular set of people (let’s call them job scammers) are
trying to swindle unsuspecting graduates of the little they have.
These are some fool-proof to ascertain the genuity of job mails:
1. SENDER’S EMAIL:
No legitimate firm will send out an interview invite with an
“@gmail.com” or “@yahoo.com” email address. All organizations have their
own customized email address(es). Something like vacancies@tori.ng
would be legitimate as opposed to tori@yahoo.com
2. “TO” DETAILS:
Just below the mail subject, view details and see how many people
the mail was sent to. If there’s any other email asides yours, just run
for the sake of your life and wallet. ONLY scammers send “interview”
invites in bulk. No sane organization does that. Once you view details
and you find several other email addresses as receivers, it is scam.
Period!
3. COMPANY LOGO
“Most” legitimate organizations include their logo either above or
below the body of the mail. Not all organizations do this but very many
do.
4. SALUTATION
If a job invite is legit, then the company sure has the name of who
they are looking to meet. A legit opening would be; “Dear (your name)”
as opposed to an orsinary “Dear”, “Hi”, etc.
5. BODY
“Thanks for your application for the post of “customer care agent”, we would like to schedule an interview.…(legit).
‘In response to your application, you have been invited for a
“career talk”‘….(Not legit). What the hell is a career talk and how will
that put food on the table?
Notice also that in the illegitimate one, the position you
allegedly applied for wasn’t stated. (Epic fail). These are the kind of
invites you honour and at the venue prospective drivers, doctors,
lawyers, teachers, all take the same aptitude test.
6. PHONE NUMBERS
I’m not sure if legit organizations include contact numbers in
mails but one thing i know for sure is that if the need to include a
phone number arises, it won’t be a personal contact detail. In other
words, it would be for more, Mari Williams and Co LTD: 0009875, 008765.
.
Not call Mike on 08765 or call Angel on 00433.
There are several other ways to ascertain the genuity of job
invites but these are the ones I’ve discovered work for me. If you have
other fool-proof tips, kindly share in the comments section.
Source: Gummies Blog
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