Job Search Online Internet Privacy Issues

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It's a fact that there are thousands and thousands of people who are taking their job search efforts online to the Internet. It's great to have online jobs posted and all the possibilities in the market that just didn't exist five to ten years ago. The scary part of being involved online is the loss of privacy for your personal information.

We'd love to believe that everyone is honest, and has good intentions. We are finding out, sadly, that there are many people going online to take advantage of others and they are having a field day .Innocent people are at risk because the online sites are growing faster than authorities can police the problems.

How can a person take advantage of online postings and yet keep their privacy of their home phone number and personal information at a distance from possible wrong-doers?

One idea is to go online and claim a totally different web domain for yourself such at http://www.bestdomainscheap.com and get a unique email address that is only for use in your job search. When you have found and accepted the position you want, you close the site and stop using the email address. While the site is active, you can direct all responses to your job applications to that email address.

For telephone contact there are new ways to get a separate cell phone number that is again, only for your job searches and it's not your home phone number. Many job searchers putting their personal information and personal home phone number out in cyberspace are reporting incidents of unwanted solicitations from people wanting them to spend money, not make money.
Worse yet, the more information you post in cyberspace, the more you face potenential identity theft.

Be extremely careful in your job search where and when you actually divulge your social security number. This will open you up to the biggest dangers for identity theft. If you have any doubt about the employer, verify the legitimacy of the company before you risk giving them the key to your personal life with all your personal, private information.

We've seen lots of television ads in Las Vegas promoting a company called MetroPcs with unlimited calls for about $30 a month and unlimited texting for about $4. This might be a great alternative for a short-term solution to keeping your real information private. We're not recommending any specific cellphone or mobile service just offering the idea of keeping your home phone as private as possible. Do you feel you get enough extra phone calls at home already that you'd rather not answer?

Many people also use PO Box addresses obtained from the Post Office for reasonable rates or at private companies which offer box services so that they do not provide their true street address. Remember that items in cyberspace and wind up around the world in a fraction of a second.
Good luck on your job search and as always I pray for your safety, prosperity, and happiness.

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