Students learn about recruitment information during a campus job fair held at the Qinghai College of Architectural Technology in Xining, Northwest China's Qinghai province, April 23, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua]

Three central departments have recently jointly published a series of cases that coaxed young jobseekers into traps with baits of job openings.

The departments, namely the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, Cyberspace Administration of China, and the Ministry of Education, aim to remind jobseekers, especially fresh college graduates, of improving awareness of self-protection and identifying possible risks.

The published cases contain illegal behaviors such as operating human resources agencies or online hiring services without official permission, cheating jobseekers with unreasonably high payments and welfare, or swindling them out of money with excuses of pre-job training.

Under these published cases, some young jobseekers have also borne gender or age prejudices from employers when applying to job openings, with some personal information revealed, fraudulently altered, or sold for profits.

The three ministries reminded young jobseekers of checking human resources agencies' certifications before entrusting them to find them jobs, staying vigilant to unreasonably high payments, and not being coaxed to pay money in return for employment.

The young jobseekers are encouraged to report prejudices they have faced during interviews and collect evidence to report to the police if their property or personal security was infringed upon, according to the ministries.