In this article, we aim to assist you in ensuring that no fraudulent job ads are published on your Career Center. Additionally, we provide guidance on how to identify and address any such postings should they occur.
Here are some features available to support you in this process:
1: Manual Job ad validation VS automatic Job ad validation:
Manual Job ad validation:
Manual job ad validation allows you to review each job ad before deciding whether to publish or decline it. This process enables you to thoroughly verify the details of the job posting to ensure it meets the needs of your students. It also helps confirm that the job ad originates from a legitimate company. We recommend following this process for all job advertisements.
Before making a decision, we recommend reviewing the company profile and the recruiter’s information on LinkedIn and Google. This step helps verify the company's existence and ensures it is not associated with any fraudulent activity.(See tips at the end of this article)
Here’s how the process works:
- When a company or recruiter posts a job ad in your Career Center, it will appear in the pending list.
- From there, you can click on the job ad to review all it's details at this step.
- Once you have made your decision, you can either publish or decline the job ad directly from this page.
Automatic Job ad validation:
You have the option to enable this feature. With this option, recruiters, companies, and alumni can post job ads that are published directly to the Career Center without any validation.
As an admin, you have two choices:
- Enable automatic validation for all (recruiters, companies, and alumni).
- Enable automatic validation only for alumni.
We do not recommend using this process, as it increases the risk of fraudulent job ads being published in your Career Center, since these ads are not reviewed before publication.
Important: To enable manual or automatic validation, please contact JobTeaser’s support team at support.careercenter@jobteaser.com. They will assist you in activating the options you require.
2: Reporting a job ad:
JobTeaser provides a reporting feature for both admins and students to help prevent fraudulent job ads from appearing in your Career Center. If a student has concerns about a job ad, they can report it using the following options:
- Expired: The job ad is no longer active. The company is no longer hiring, but the ad remains online.
- Invalid Link: The link provided in the job ad is broken or invalid.
- Wrongly Classified: The classification of the job ad does not match the reality of the description.
- Discriminatory: The student identifies content in the job ad that involves discrimination.
- Recruitment Agency: The job ad is posted by an agency hiring on behalf of other companies, rather than for itself.
- Not Relevant: The job ad does not align with their university’s focus (e.g., an engineering role posted in an art university).
- Fraudulent: The company is found to be non-existent, the recruiter asks for sensitive personal information (e.g., passport number or bank account details), requests money, or expects work without a contract.
- Other: Any additional concerns or unusual details that the student wants to report.
How the Process Works:
If a student notices an issue, they can report the job ad by clicking on the three dots next to the ad and selecting "Report Job Ad."
They will then be able to select one of the following options to report the job ad:
They will also have the option to add a comment to provide additional details or context about their report.
Once the report is submitted, they will receive a confirmation message indicating that their job ad report has been successfully registered.
Once the report is submitted, the JobTeaser support team will receive an email with the following information:
- A link to the reported job ad.
- Name of your Career Center.
- Company name that posted the job ad.
- The student’s first name, last name, and email address.
- The reason provided for reporting the job ad.
Example of such an email:
The support team will then forward this email to the main contact of the university to inform the administrators about the reported job ad. At this stage, it is crucial to review the reported information about the job ad. If the report is accurate, please archive the job ad immediately to prevent any potential issues for other students at your school.
Important note:
As an admin, if you come across any fraudulent job ads, you can also use this reporting process to notify us. Be sure to include as much detailed information as possible in your report. This will help us take appropriate action, such as blocking users who misuse the platform.
Tips:
Before publishing a job ad, ensure you carefully review the information provided and verify the following points using Google:
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Company Name and Website:
- Check if the company has a legitimate website.
- Confirm whether the job ad is also posted on their official website.
- Ensure that the company’s sector mentioned in the job ad matches the one listed online.
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Recruiter’s Email Domain:
- Verify if the recruiter’s email domain matches the company’s official email domain listed on their website.
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Recruiter’s LinkedIn Profile:
- Look up the recruiter on LinkedIn.
- Confirm that they are associated with the company and linked to its official LinkedIn page.