One of the dirty, dark secrets of the job board industry is that many of the boards do a terrible job of protecting the safety of the candidates who use their sites. The feeling amongst the owners and managers of these boards is somewhat like caveat emptor -- let the buyer beware. What these boards seem to be saying to their candidates is that if the candidates are stupid enough to be using their boards then the candidates deserve to have their identities stolen, bank accounts emptied, or worse. That's just wrong.

CollegeRecruiter.com is a member of the International Association of Employment Web Sites and one of the goals of the association is to improve not just the image but also the practices of the industry. I'm not saying that the job board industry is dirty or untrustworthy. But in any industry there are some bad apples and our industry is no exception. One way that the more trustworthy members of our association and industry protect our candidates is by verifying the authenticity of job postings. Unfortunately, some of the most popular job boards do little to no verification so the ads running on their site include many, many bogus job postings.