guangdong universities start to teach about job hunting anti-fraud: what are the traps behind the “slightly plump fitted models”?
2024-09-20
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beware of new recruitment scams such as ai software videos
wang danyang, omnimedia reporter of yangcheng evening news
slightly plump models, anime card anchors, creative copywriters... with the start of the new semester, a new wave of college students' part-time jobs and job hunting is coming. how can college students better improve their anti-fraud awareness in emerging jobs with high salaries? how to see through the "recruitment traps" in job hunting?
on september 19, a short video of an anti-fraud publicity campaign recorded by zhu lifang, a young teacher at guangdong university of finance and economics known as "young pepper sister", became popular on the internet. netizens said one after another: "with this wave of operations, i got all the knowledge points" and "this practical teaching directly increases my experience points."
that afternoon, the reporter saw on the campus of guangdong university of finance and economics that this job-hunting anti-fraud class, in which students participated in person, not only invited wu zhigang, a retired police officer with extensive knowledge of popular science and anti-fraud, to explain in detail the precautions against job-hunting fraud using multiple cases, but also set up a "recruitment scene" in the classroom consisting of "simulated high-paying jobs" and various anti-fraud reminders that more than a dozen college students generally paid attention to in daily conversations to test the "anti-fraud skills" on the spot.
for example, when several attractive positions were offered, such as video editor with a starting salary of 8,000 yuan, plump model with a monthly income of 9,000-12,000 yuan, and part-time creative copywriter with a salary of 6 yuan per order, many students were tempted.
but when the "recruitment staff" who were helping with the performance introduced: "the company requires proficiency in ai video software, and needs to load a specific version on your computer for on-site testing." "the company has a special benefit, the makeup artist will teach makeup courses for free, and will also provide branded makeup bags at a preferential price." these seemingly reasonable requirements aroused the vigilance of some students. at the scene, nearly 80% of the students who intended to apply for jobs stopped applying for jobs after discovering that "something was wrong", but 20% of the students left their personal information and continued to apply for positions such as creative copywriting.
a student who continued to apply for the job said that although she had just attended an anti-fraud lecture, she saw that the salary and benefits of the "slightly plump model" position were good, so she thought that as long as she didn't spend money to buy products and just left a message to chat first, it should be fine. but she didn't expect that the entire job fair was "fake."
one of the organizers of this event, zhong jianwei, a student at guangdong university of finance and economics, said that he is a calm and anti-fraud person, but he has been cheated in online transactions. for this reason, he thought it would be better to have a simulation exercise to allow college students to experience job hunting traps in a safe environment and learn how to protect themselves after seeing through the scam.
relevant data shows that job search and recruitment fraud cases are on the rise worldwide. in 2023, job search fraud cases in the united states increased by 118% compared with the previous year. scammers often use ai software to forge fake companies and disguise recruitment. in the second quarter of 2024, 58.com banned more than 16,000 illegal accounts, intercepted 1.78 million risk information per day, and warned more than 320,000 job seekers who are vulnerable to fraud.
as of now, 58.com has established an anti-fraud publicity team for colleges and universities composed of more than 100 college students, using life-like and youthful anti-fraud methods to enable more college job seekers to be able to deal with frauds.
"when looking for a job, you must be careful. anyone who asks you to pay for training or paid technical training, or who wants to use your salary to deduct free training, is almost always a scammer."
“if someone directly asks you to go for an interview without asking about your personal qualifications, it is most likely to help hr improve their kpi.”
zhu lifang, a popular young teacher who recorded the entire event, said that such public welfare classes are very meaningful. it is not enough for teachers to talk about anti-fraud every day. students need to have a "knee-jerk reaction" in various anti-fraud scenarios, so that they can avoid being deceived when applying for jobs with a greater probability.
