[originaltext] Nowadays, more and more students prefer to hunt jobs online. H

Nowadays, more and more students prefer to hunt jobs online. However, your privacy may fall into the wrong hands. Your personal data can be used by criminals to profit at your expense. So how do you protect yourselves while circulating your resumes online? The key to a successful online job search is learning to manage the risks. Here are some tips for staying safe while conducting a job search on the Internet.
   Check for a privacy policy. (20)If you are considering posting your resume online, make sure the job search site you are considering has a privacy policy. The policy should spell out how your information will be used, stored and whether or not it will be shared. You may want to think twice about posting your resume on a site that automatically shares your information with others.
   Safeguard your identity. Career experts say that one of the ways job seekers can stay safe while using the Internet to search out jobs is to conceal their identities. Replace your name on your resume with a generic identifier. (21) You should also consider eliminating the name and the location of" your current employer. Depending on your title, it may not be all that difficult to determine who you are once the name of your company is provided. Use a general description of the company. If your job title is unique, consider using the generic equivalent instead of the exact title assigned by your employer.
   Establish an email address for your search. Another way to protect your privacy while seeking employment online is to open up an email account specifically for your online job search. (22)This will safeguard your existing email box in the event that strangers gets hold of your email address and shares it with others. Using an email address specifically for your job search also eliminates the possibility that you will receive unwelcome emails in your primary mailbox. When naming your new email address, be sure that it doesn’t contain references to your name or other information that will give away your identity.
   Keep confidential information confidential. Do not, under any circumstances, share your social security, driver’s license, and bank account numbers or other personal information. Honest employers do not need this information with an initial application. Don’t provide this even if they say they need it in order to conduct a background check.
20. According to the lecture, what should job seekers make sure before they post resumes online?
21. How can job seekers conceal their identities when they are seeking jobs online?
22. Why should the job seekers establish a new email account when they seek jobs online?