Applying for a job safely

A real employer never asks you to pay to be hired, and never needs your bank details or your Social Security number in a chat.

What a normal hire looks like

An application, then an interview by phone, video or in person, then references or a trial shift, then a written offer, and only after that the paperwork: tax forms and bank details, usually entered into a payroll system you sign into yourself. Money moves from the employer to you, in that direction, always.

What should stop you

• Any payment from you: equipment, training, software, a starter kit, a background check, a uniform deposit.
• A check sent to you to buy something, with the balance to be sent back. It will bounce after your money has gone.
• Your Social Security number, a photo of your ID or your bank login before a written offer.
• The entire process happening in a chat app, with no call and no verifiable phone number.
• An offer within an hour, with no real interview.
• Receiving parcels at home and posting them on. That is a reshipping scam and the legal exposure is yours.
• Pay that is far above the going rate for work that needs no experience.

Check the employer, not the post

Search the company name and look for a real presence with a history. Type the company's website address into the browser yourself rather than following a link from a message. Call the number on their real website, not the one in the message. If the person's email is at a free mail provider while the company supposedly has its own domain, ask about it.

What you are sharing when you apply

Applying through Jinu sends the employer your name, your email address, your cover message, your screening answers and your resume if you attached one. Take one look at your resume before uploading it: a home address and a date of birth are not needed to get an interview.

If something is wrong

Use the more menu on the job and choose Report this job. Block the person if they have messaged you. If money has already changed hands, email safety@jinu.app, tell your bank, and follow the recovery steps in I think I have been scammed.