Job hunting

Recruit 360 makes recruitment software, and many of the agencies and employers that advertise on Recruit 360 Jobs are our customers. We say so up front so you can weigh what this shelf says with that in mind. The articles explain how recruitment commonly works and what you can check for yourself. Practices vary, and we say where. They cover the first scan, the screening questions, the shortlist, the note the client reads with your CV, and the ordinary reasons an application can stall without anybody telling you.

Start with what actually happens to your CV inside a recruitment agency. If you have ever applied, heard nothing and wondered what you did wrong, the answer is often nothing, and the article lists common reasons that have nothing to do with you.

Then read do not pay a recruitment agency to find you work. The Employment Services Act generally bars charging job seekers a fee. There is a narrow transitional exception. The Department of Employment and Labour advises work seekers not to pay. The article explains the rule, who pays an agency instead and roughly how much, and how to check an agency you are unsure about.

Scams are covered in how to tell whether a job advert is real. Every case in it is a dated, published one, and the pattern repeats: a real employer's name, a channel the employer does not control, and a request for money or documents from someone you cannot check. It also explains why a confidential agency advert can look like a fake one, and what to check instead.

If an agency advertising here asks you for money, tell us.