Finding a job or hiring the right person online can make the process faster and more convenient. However, both Job Seekers and Employers should take time to verify who they are communicating with before agreeing to meet, work, or hire.
Service Deel helps people connect, but your safety should always come first.
Check Each Other’s Profile Carefully
Before meeting or making any job-related agreement, carefully review the other person’s Service Deel profile.
Job Seekers should review the Employer’s profile, job information, business details, and messages before proceeding.
Employers should review the Job Seeker’s profile, work experience, skills, qualifications, portfolio, and other available information.
Do not rely on only one piece of information. Take time to check whether the information provided appears complete and consistent.
Use Messages Before Meeting
Before arranging an interview or meeting, communicate through Service Deel messages whenever possible.
Ask clear questions about the job, such as the responsibilities, work location, schedule, salary or payment arrangements, qualifications, and other important conditions.
Employers should also ask appropriate questions about a candidate’s experience, skills, availability, and qualifications.
Keeping your initial conversations on the platform can also help you keep track of what was discussed.
Watch for Inconsistent Information
Pay attention if information provided in messages is very different from what appears on the person’s profile.
Be cautious if someone:
- Refuses to provide reasonable information about themselves, the job, or the work.
- Pressures you to make an immediate decision.
- Gives information that repeatedly changes or does not match their profile.
- Asks for unnecessary sensitive personal or financial information.
- Requests money before providing clear and legitimate information about the job or service.
- Makes promises that seem unrealistic or too good to be true.
If something does not seem right, do not feel pressured to continue.
Verify Important Information
A Service Deel profile can help you learn about another user, but you should still perform your own verification.
Employers should verify important qualifications, work experience, references, licenses, certificates, or other credentials when they are relevant to the position.
Job Seekers should verify the Employer, company, business, job opportunity, work location, and employment details before accepting an offer or providing sensitive information.
Never assume that a profile alone guarantees a person's identity, qualifications, trustworthiness, or legitimacy.
Meeting for an Interview? Choose a Safe Location
If a Job Seeker and Employer decide to meet in person, especially for the first time, consider meeting in a public, professional, and well-populated location whenever appropriate.
Tell a trusted person where you are going, who you are meeting, and when you expect to return. Keep your phone available and arrange your own transportation when possible.
For jobs that require visiting a private home or unfamiliar workplace, take additional precautions and verify the location and person before going.
Protect Your Personal Information
Do not unnecessarily share sensitive information such as passwords, PINs, verification codes, banking login details, or other private account credentials.
Only provide documents and personal information that are reasonably necessary for a legitimate hiring or employment process, and make sure you understand who is receiving them and why.
Job Seekers and Employers Share Responsibility for Safety
Online safety works both ways.
Job Seekers should check Employers carefully, and Employers should check Job Seekers carefully.
Review profiles, communicate through messages, ask questions, verify important information, and make sure you are comfortable before arranging an interview, accepting a job, hiring someone, or meeting in person.
Stay Alert. Verify. Communicate. Meet Safely.
Service Deel is designed to help Job Seekers and Employers discover opportunities and connect directly. However, users are responsible for making their own hiring, employment, and meeting decisions.
Take your time, check each other’s profiles carefully, use Service Deel messages to communicate, verify important details, and always put safety first.
Your Safety Comes First
A job opportunity or potential candidate should never require you to ignore warning signs or rush into a decision.
Check the profile. Ask questions. Verify the details. Communicate clearly. Meet safely.