With the high rate of unemployment in the country, unscrupulous individuals are now taking advantage of desperate job seekers by advertising fake jobs in the hope of making quick money.
Most of the cons will ask you send some cash for you to secure a job. The scammers have come up with new ways of stealing from fresh graduates who are seeking an entry opportunity to the Kenyan job market.
Job seekers have confirmed that their road to finding employment have been marked by con games, exploitation and in their desperation, they have had to clutch at anything that comes their way.
Here are ways in which you can identify fake jobs adverts.
1.Dubious looking email address.
Most hiring companies will use their company emails for job applications but you find that people who run scam adverts will mostly use gmail and yahoo accounts. If you come across such a job, do not apply for it. A legitimate business should be using its own domain name.
2. Job has an exaggerated salary and other benefits.
A job with a very high salary while the description has very few duties should be the first thing to suspect. Such positions may include internships.While there are companies that pay for internships very few pay high amounts.
3.They ask for payment.
Most of the scammers will ask you to pay a certain amount of money after you make your application in order for you to get the job. As a job seeker you should never pay anything to get a job.
4.Fake Social media platforms.
Most of the scammers use fake Facebook pages which has a less following despite the popularity of the organization.In case you find a job advert in a Facebook page with less following avoid it completely.
5.Verify the company.
Make use of search engines especially Google and check out the company. Go to the company’s website. Discover its existence, its products, its physical location and contact details. Incase nothing features on the search engine, leave it.