Watch Out for this Resume Scam

Watch Out for this Resume Scam ShareShare Many career coaches are hearing from job seekers who have been scammed this way. Heres a typical scenario: 1. You are approached by a recruiting firm and toldyou are being considered for an executive job. They ask you to send your resume (and most likely sign a non-disclosure agreement). 2. You do a search on the recruiting firm and you find a few recent press releases saying that they are actively recruiting folks. 3. You get back an email that your resume could not be loaded properly in their applicant tracking system (ATS). They send you a link to score your resume. (or just to a site to fix your resume for a fee depending on how it was set up). 4. You load your resume to be scored. It fails the scorer. 5. You are sent to a website that will fix your resume for a fee. If you were to go ahead and pay the fee, you might find that either you get nothing for your money, or some mediocre resume editing that wont help you at all. In general, be suspicious of anonymous-looking resume shops. Instead, find a good, certified resume writer who has abundant information online about her/his training, certifications, testimonials and so on. Then have a conversation with them and ask about their process. If they wont talk to you, you dont get the feeling they really know their stuff, or you just dont feel comfortable, think twice about working with them. Dont get taken in by resume scams! Watch Out for this Resume Scam ShareShare Many career coaches are hearing from job seekers who have been scammed this way. Heres a typical scenario: 1. You are approached by a recruiting firm and toldyou are being considered for an executive job. They ask you to send your resume (and most likely sign a non-disclosure agreement). 2. You do a search on the recruiting firm and you find a few recent press releases saying that they are actively recruiting folks. 3. You get back an email that your resume could not be loaded properly in their applicant tracking system (ATS). They send you a link to score your resume. (or just to a site to fix your resume for a fee depending on how it was set up). 4. You load your resume to be scored. It fails the scorer. 5. You are sent to a website that will fix your resume for a fee. If you were to go ahead and pay the fee, you might find that either you get nothing for your money, or some mediocre resume editing that wont help you at all. In general, be suspicious of anonymous-looking resume shops. Instead, find a good, certified resume writer who has abundant information online about her/his training, certifications, testimonials and so on. Then have a conversation with them and ask about their process. If they wont talk to you, you dont get the feeling they really know their stuff, or you just dont feel comfortable, think twice about working with them. Dont get taken in by resume scams!