Make a brief background check on the sender and the business they are claiming to be on behalf of. Check if searching for the company name and “scam” yields any results.

Suppose you are accepted as a permanent resident and have a positive LMIA (Labour Market Impact Assessment) from Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), or the position is LMIA-exempt. In that case, your current or prospective employer must have made a written offer to hire you for a full-time, non-seasonal job for one year or more.

1. Verify the legitimacy of the offer. Most of the time, employment offers are made via phone call or offer letter.
2. The use of money.
3. Company websites.
4. Federal or provincial company registries.
5. Business email address.

1. Have skepticism.
2. Look into the employer’s history on Google.
3. Confront a potential employer in person.
4. Believe in your intuition.

Before accepting a job offer, examine the entire compensation package—including salary, benefits, and perks. If the compensation isn’t what you expected, think about whether you can negotiate the salary or make a counteroffer. You might ask for more time to deliberate if you’re unsure about an offer.

Although scammers are becoming increasingly skilled, job services like ZipRecruiter, LinkedIn, and Indeed claim they work to screen out fake job advertisements and employers. If a scam gets through its filtering, these websites also include mechanisms for flagging questionable information.

Social engineering frauds frequently target job seekers and certainly are no exception. Scammers will construct fake job postings to obtain personal data from job searchers, such as their Social Security number or bank account details.

It is, in general, hard to get a genuine job offer from Canada due to the Labor Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) process and many other factors. Some people choose to pay an agency that promises to get a job offer for them.

If there is no contact information in the sender’s email, that could be a red flag. Unless you are dealing with an official Canadian recruitment agency, your job offer letter should come from your employer. Any other communication about your job offers in Canada that comes from an unknown source may be fraudulent.

Job search engine sites such as Indeed, ZipRecruiter, and LinkedIn are trying to weed out fake job listings and employers, though scammers are getting more sophisticated. These websites also offer tools to flag questionable content if a scam passes its screening.

1. The business registers in Canada. You can locate businesses in Canada by name, business number, or registry ID.
2. A search of federal corporations. By corporate name, corporation number, or business number, federal corporations (BN).
3. The Canadian provinces’ business search directory: Some companies register locally rather than federally.

1. Have skepticism. If a job offers a lot of money for little to no labour, it can be a scammer attempting to obtain your personal information.
2. Examine the company. Do they have a reliable website or references from the business directory?
3. Confront a potential employer in person.
4. Believe your gut instinct.

Important information such as the job title, start date, work schedule, reporting location, supervisor, salary, benefits, termination terms, and privacy rules must be included in a strong offer letter.

1. The job advertisement does not include the employer.
2. The job posting requests personal data upfront.
3. The job description’s phrasing is deceptively positive.
4. The company’s existence cannot be confirmed.

1. Spelling or grammar mistakes.
2. Odd email address of a recruiter.
3. Requisite paid training.
4. Entry into Canada is assured or simple.
5. Requested money to get a job.
6. No documented evidence of a job offer.
7. Typically, neither an LMIA nor an employment number.

You receive a job offer letter from a Canadian firm (as a temporary worker). It describes the specifics of your position. A job offer letter, often known as an “employment letter,” is typically less comprehensive than a contract.

Most of the time, employment offers are made via phone call or offer letter. Online authenticity checks for offer letters are simple to do. Verify the following: Is the business where you have been offered the position established or well-known?

A Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) must often accompany a valid job offer. The employer must request one from Service Canada/Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC). They must provide you with a copy of the LMIA and a written job offer if it is positive.

Generally, a worker would require an LMIA and a job offer letter to apply for a work permit and be authorized to work for the employer. Conversely, LMIA Exempt Workers are not needed to have an LMIA to apply for and receive a work permit with a job offer.

As a foreign job seeker, if you do not have a valid Canadian work permit, you can only apply for jobs advertised by Canadian employers open to recruiting international candidates or temporary foreign workers. If you apply for any other type of job-on-Job Bank, the employer will not respond to your application.

The International Mobility Program (IMP) lets you (the employer) hire a temporary worker without a Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA). In most cases, you’ll have to submit an offer of employment through the Employer Portal. After your part, the temporary foreign worker must apply for a work permit.

Employers must pay $1,000 for each position requested (for example, $1,000 x the number of positions=total payment) to cover the cost of processing a dual intent LMIA application.

If any of the following conditions are met:

1. You have been employed full-time by the company on a work visa for at least one year; (or an equal amount of part-time work)
2. You have a work visa that is legitimate and exempt from an LMIA in accordance with an international agreement.
3. You have a legitimate job offer.

Open work permits or work permits exempt from the LMIA are examples of exemptions. A Canadian business may appoint a foreign worker with an open work permit or a work permit exempt from the LMIA without getting a positive LMIA.

It is crucial to remember that prospective individuals must meet age, education, skill training, trade or apprenticeship, relevant work experience, sufficient cash, language ability, and others to receive a job offer outside Canada.

Do a quick background check on the sender and the company they represent. See if typing the company name along with “scam” turns up any results.

That could be a red flag if no contact information is in the sender’s email. Unless you are dealing with an official Canadian recruitment agency, your job offer letter should come from your employer. Any other communication about your job offers in Canada from an unknown source may be fraudulent.

1. The email was not requested; you should have contacted the business regarding the position.
2. The email’s sender is a Google, Yahoo, or Outlook account.
3. Your name is not used in the email address.
4. They want that the communication continues using a different email than your UH email.
5. They request that the conversation be carried on via text.

1. Inquire about the business and the employer in detail.
2. Inform them you’ll pay all fees when you receive a job offer.
3. Get the company’s account information and inquire if you can pay online.
4. If you risk creating any fee, be sure the receipts are real.

Perhaps one of the most common job search red flags candidates observe is a hiring process that’s too long, too short, or has a general lack of consistency.