Benjamin Greenberg’s Post

Hey LinkedIn fam! I'm grateful for the "attaboys" and congrats, but this post was #satire. Let that be a public lesson that tone doesn't always translate via written text. Today's The Wall Street Journal has an interesting and super-relevant item called "Job Scams Are Flourishing, Young Workers Are Especially Susceptible" and I thought to call out some good points for ALL #jobseekers; 1. Verify then Trust > Trust then Verify "Job scammers are also using job boards and networking sites like Indeed, ZipRecruiter and LinkedIn, which has prompted those sites to update their fraud-detection efforts." It is *critical* to ensure that the opportunity presented to you and the individual doing so both *actually exist* 2. In-Person Or Video Interviews Or It Didn't Happen "Job seekers should be wary of texts or emails that ask them to do an interview in any app they need to download, such as Signal or WhatsApp, or requests to conduct interviews only by text, email or online chat." This one seems obvious, but let's use my exceptional text interview and hiring experience below as a good example 😜 3. Expenses ≠ Employment "Any question about personal information or bank-account numbers, and promises to send a check to cover work-from-home equipment are red flags." Another one that seems obvious, but the article highlights a few victims of this type of financial fraud and it is super-important to be aware-to-wary. The employer is supposed to cut checks for YOU. It's a rough/tough employment market on *every* side of the table; as my new pal Paul DeBettignies said during last week's Minnesota Talent Leaders conference, "something is broken in hiring." These additional hurdles/barriers/etc. certainly exacerbate the issue and make the #jobhunt even more fraught. I'm confident that we can fix it.