THE UNTOLD IN JOB-HUNTING.

IT COULD BE YOU , OR ME!


Human trafficking  reasons

The crime in South Africa comes in all sizes and shapes, when I heard of this particular criminal activity I was in pure shock. Human trafficking is a very serious crime where children are being taken away from their family's and loved ones and are taken for all kinds of reasons , some to be sex slaves other are even sold to desperate women that can't give birth and are in desperate need of a kid. It does not stop there there is a new trend now and it is so prominent in student towns places like Auckland park Johannesburg, yes the very place where UJ students reside . Well if you have heard nothing about it let me educate you, A month ago I had registered my name on the website for job seeking and I had left my numbers with several companies and on several websites, two weeks back I received a phone call from a Mr Peters saying I should come to Berea Johannesburg CBD on the Friday for promotions castings . So anxious I was on the Thursday I asked a friend of mine to escort me as she resides in that area just to see where I will be going to the next day and to avoid seeking for the place in the morning . We spent half an hour looking for the Address he gave me, So I later decided that  I was not even going to attend those castings as the arrangements were dodge. To cut a long story short he called me the morning of the casting to confirm with me whether or not I was coming I told him that the address was non existent and he told me to meet up with him at Mc Donald's Campus Square . I went there with a couple of my guy friends called him to find out where he was the number was disconnected ,he called to ask me what I was wearing to easily identify me, I told him and he said he can see me but wouldn't tell me where exactly he was in McDonald's because he was furious that I was accompanied by males . The moral of the story Is this man would've  been a scam or either a perpetrator of Human trafficking .

We should be very cautious about who we give our personal information to and who we send our CV to especially now that we are in varsity and we get exposed to promotions and will at a stage have to apply for an internship.

It is important to  

• research the company ,
• ask the person calling you where they got your contacts from and
• if you are suspecting any funny business, get his/her identity to later confirm with that company.
• DO NOT at any stage give out your address to any prospective job before an interview for security reasons

Job seeking can be a stressful process especially if nothing is coming your way but never the less, add extra precautionary measures when job hunting. You never know you could be a victim of human trafficking its not only children that are targeted  men, women you name it .
BE WISE AND APPLY CAUTION.