Job seekers at risk amid surge in CV-writing scams, warns LinkedIn | Perspective Media

The professional networking site revealed over a third of job scams reported on the platform globally now involve offers to write or improve CVs. Fraudulent CV-writing services are now the biggest scamming threat to online job hunters as the busy post-summer hiring season gets under way, LinkedIn has warned. The professional networking site revealed that over a third (37%) of job scams reported on the platform globally now involve offers to write or improve CVs, which give poor quality or misleading results and often use artificial intelligence tools that are available at no cost. These scams can also put personal information at risk, with CV-writing fraudsters twice as likely to ask LinkedIn members to take the conversation off the platform. The alert comes ahead of the typical annual jump in recruitment throughout September, with workers returning from their summer holidays and as new graduates enter the workforce for the first time. Hiring soars by 44% on average in September across the UK, according to LinkedIn. But the group said there are now half as many job openings per applicant compared with 2022, with recruitment becoming ever more competitive. Oscar Rodriguez, vice president of trust at LinkedIn, said: “Job hunting can
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