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Protect Your Privacy When Job-hunting
Online
Identity
theft
and
identity
fraud
are
terms
used
to
refer
to
all
types
of
crime
in
which
someone wrongfully
obtains and uses another
person
’
s personal data in
some way that involves
fraud or
deception, typically for economic gain.
The
numbers associated with identity theft are
beginning to add up fast these days. A recent
General Accounting
Office
report
estimates
that
as
many
as
750,000 Americans
are
victims
of
identity theft every year. And that
number may be low, as many people choose not to
report the
crime even if they know they
have been victimized.
Identity theft
is
“
an absolute
epidemic,
”
states
Robert Ellis Smith, a respected author and
advocate
of
privacy.
“
It
’
s
certainly
picked
up
in
the
last
four
or
five
years.
It
’
s
worldwide.
It
affects
everybody,
and
there
’
s
very
little
you
can
do
to
prevent
it
and,
worst
of
all,
you
can
’
t
detect it until it
’s
probably too late.”
Unlike your
fingerprints, which are unique to you and cannot
be given to someone else for
their use,
you personal data, especially your social security
number, your bank account or credit
card number, your telephone calling
card number, and other valuable identifying data,
can be
used, if they fall into the
wrong hands, to personally profit at your expense.
In the United States
and
Canada,
for
example,
many
people
have
reported
that
unauthorized
persons
have
taken
funds
out of their bank or financial accounts, or, in
the worst cases, taken over their identities
altogether, running up vast debts and
committing crimes while using the
victims
’
names. In many
cases,
a
victim
’
s
losses
may
included
not
only
out-of-pocket
financial
losses,
but
substantial
additional
financial costs associated with trying to restore
his reputation in the community and
correcting erroneous information for
which the criminal is responsible.
According to the FBI, identity theft is
the number one fraud committed on the Internet. So
how do job seekers protect themselves
while continuing to circulate their resumes online
The
key
to
a
successful
online
job
search
is
learning
to
manager
the
risks.
Here
are
some
tips
for
staying safe while conducting a job
search on the Internet.
1. Check for a
privacy policy.
If you are considering
posting your resume online, make sure the job
search site your are
considering has a
privacy policy, like . The policy should spell out
how your information will be
used,
stored and whether or not it will be shared. You
may want to think twice about posting
your
resume
on
a
site
that
automatically
shares
your
information
with
others.
You
could
be
opening
yourself up to unwanted calls from solicitors
(
推销员
).
When reviewing the
site
’
s privacy policy,
you
’
ll be able to delete
your resume just as easily
as you
posted it. You won
’
t
necessarily want your resume to remain out there
on the Internet
once
you
land
a
job.
Remember,
the
longer
your
resume
remains
posted
on
a
job
board,
the
more exposure, both positive and not-
so-positive, it will receive.
2.
Take advantage of site features.
Lawful
job
search
sites
offer
levels
of
privacy
protection.
Before
posting
your
resume,
carefully consider
your job search objective and the level of risk
you are willing to assume.
, for example,
offers three levels of privacy from which job
seekers can choose. The first is
standard posting. This option gives job
seekers who post their resumes the most visibility
to the
broadest employer audience
possible.
The
second
is
anonymous
(
匿名的
)
posting.
This
allows
job
seekers
the
same
visibility
as
those in the standard posting category
without any of their contact information being
displayed.
Job
seekers
who
wish
to
remain
anonymous
but
want
to
share
some
other
information
may
choose which pieces of contact
information to display.
The third is
private posting. This option allows a job seeker
to post a resume without having
it
searched by employers. Private posting allows job
seekers to quickly and easily apply for jobs
that appear on
without retyping their
information.
3. Safeguard your
identity.
Career experts say that one
of the ways job seekers can stay safe while using
the Internet to
search out jobs is to
conceal their identities. Replace your name on
your resume with a generic
(
泛指的
)
identifier,
such
as
“
Intranet
Developer
Candidate,
”
or
“
Experienced
Marketing
Representative.”