Tom Sorensen | NPAworldwide

5 Recruitment Scams: They're lying to your face!

You risk being scammed and cheated by recruiters who lack moral principles and engage in unethical business practices. 

The bad news? Job scams are out there

1. Be it recruitment firms or individuals who pretend to represent a client they don’t have. 
2. Presenting one or two impressive resumes to a hiring company that the recruiter completely fabricates to impress the employer.  
3. A recruitment firm posing as a client (a hiring company) emails another recruitment firm to request a detailed quotation. 
4. Recruitment firms that post 0-star or 1-star reviews on other recruitment firms’ websites, job boards, and Google, alleging poor experience with inadequate customer service.
5. Recruitment firms create fake LinkedIn profiles to establish a network of connections (read: potential candidates).  

The good news for candidates

You can identify them before they get to you – of course, only if you know what to look for. 

The good news for hiring companies

If you find a recruiter's approach impressive or enjoy the candidate profiles you receive, then request to “meet” on a video conference call.

The good news for recruitment firms

If the email is not from a company domain but instead originates from Gmail or similar, and the sender claims to represent a hiring company, inform the sender that it is company policy to present your services, fees, and terms exclusively to company email addresses.

How my network NPAworldwide has been scammed

We have recently learned of another job scam in which the name and online sites of NPAworldwide are being used to deceive job seekers, recruiters, and employers.