Online Job Scams Are on the Rise, and Gen Z Is Struggling With Them, Study Says
There are a lot of factors contributing to the hellscape that is the current job market: few open roles, fierce competition, AI automation and terrible global economic conditions, to name just a few. And it's increasingly a minefield, where promising-looking postings might really just be scams.
Those employment scams have just become "part of the reality of the modern job search," Oscar Rodriguez, vice president of trust products at LinkedIn, told me.
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of job searchers say they question the legitimacy of a job posting before applying, a LinkedIn report released on Wednesday found. Distrust is growing, with 57% saying they are more likely to question whether a job posting is a scam now than a year ago.
Employment scams -- fake job postings, scammers posing as recruiters and sketchy job applications designed to steal your data -- are all on the rise. Over 132,000 job scams were...
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