Safety

Practical guidance for protecting your money, your information, and yourself while job hunting on Jayobe.

Staying safe while job hunting

JAYOBE is built to help you find work close to home. Most Employers on the Platform are exactly who they say they are — but no job platform can promise that every listing or every person is safe, and JAYOBE does not vet, endorse, or guarantee any Employer or Listing. This page collects practical guidance for protecting your money, your information, and yourself while you search. It supplements, and does not replace, the JAYOBE Terms of Service and Acceptable Use Policy.

1. How JAYOBE Works — and What We Don't Do

Employers post their own Listings, and you apply directly to them through the Platform. JAYOBE is not a party to any hiring decision or employment relationship, does not interview or screen Employers, and does not verify the accuracy of Listings. Where a business shows a "Location confirmed" badge, that badge means only that a Jayobe rep visited the business at the displayed address around the badge date — it is not a background check, an endorsement, or a statement about the Employer's hiring practices. Treat every Listing with the same good judgment you would bring to any job search.

2. Protect Your Money and Your Information

Important

JAYOBE does not charge Job Seekers anything — not to browse, not to apply, not to be hired.Anyone who asks you to pay a fee to apply, to interview, to "hold" a job, to buy training or a starter kit, or to purchase equipment before you are hired is showing you a scam. Walk away and report the Listing.

Never share financial or identity information while applying. Do not provide your Social Security number, bank account or routing numbers, payment card numbers, or copies of identity documents in an application or in a message thread — and leave them off your resume, along with your date of birth. Employers are prohibited from requesting this information through the Platform. Confirm the address with the employer before you travel. Map pins come from the address the employer provided — if something looks off, ask. A legitimate business needs this kind of information only after a genuine written offer — for a background check or for payroll and tax paperwork — and collects it directly, never through a job application.

Know the classic scams.If someone sends you money and asks you to send any of it back or onward — by check you deposit and forward, gift cards, wire transfer, or cryptocurrency — it is a scam, every time. Also walk away from: jobs "receiving and reshipping packages" from home (the goods are usually bought with stolen cards, and you can end up in legal trouble); small paid "tasks" through an app that later require you to deposit your own money; jobs offered instantly with no interview, or interviews conducted only by text or chat app; pay or perks far above the going rate for simple work; a "job" that turns out different from the one you applied to; pressure to act within minutes; and requests to move to personal email or messaging apps before you have applied or interviewed. Every legitimate conversation on JAYOBE starts from an application you submitted — an out-of-the-blue offer did not come from the Platform. Pressure and urgency are the scammer's main tools; a real employer can wait a day.

3. Applying and Interviewing Safely

Interview at the business's actual location, during business hours, when other people are present. Tell someone you trust where you are going, who you are meeting, and when you expect to be done. Bring identification if asked, but keep your original documents — Social Security card, birth certificate, passport — until you have actually been hired; employment-eligibility paperwork is completed after hire, not before. If anything about a location, a person, or a conversation feels wrong, leave. You do not owe anyone an explanation, and you can report the Listing afterward.

Some jobs on JAYOBE — cleaning, landscaping, repair, and other home services — involve working at private residences. For those, hold the first meeting at the business's own location or a public place rather than a client's home, confirm the company through its Listing and location details, and make sure someone always knows the address where you are working and when you expect to leave. If you are under 18, do not attend a first visit to a private residence alone.

4. If You Are 16 or 17

Note

Involve a parent or guardian in your search — tell them where you are applying and interviewing, and bring someone with you to a first visit when you can. Your state may require a work permit or other authorization before you begin work. Your state labor department can tell you what applies where you live and how to get it — in Michigan that is the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity.

Be especially cautious about any adult who wants to communicate with you outside the Platform, asks personal questions unrelated to the job, or asks you to keep the conversation private. None of that is part of a normal hiring process — end the contact and report it.

5. Account Security

Strong, unique password

Use a strong, unique password for your JAYOBE account. JAYOBE will never ask you for your password or a sign-in code — not by email, not by phone, not in a message.

Texts from JAYOBE

When JAYOBE texts you, it is about your own account and your own activity here — a code you just requested, or an update on something you applied to. JAYOBE will never text you a link asking you to sign in, and will never ask you for your password or for a code you did not request. A text that does either of those things is not from us, no matter what it says.

Genuine JAYOBE email comes only from addresses ending in jayobe.io, and genuine JAYOBE pages live at jayobe.io. Check the address before entering your sign-in details anywhere.

6. Reporting Problems

Every Listing on the Platform includes a "Report this listing" mechanism — use it for anything discriminatory, misleading, fraudulent, inappropriate, or otherwise wrong. Reports are handled under the Acceptable Use Policy. You can also reach JAYOBE directly at abuse@jayobe.io. If you believe a crime has occurred, contact your local police; in an emergency, call 911. For fraud or losses of money or identity information, you can also report to the Federal Trade Commission at ReportFraud.ftc.gov and the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center at IC3.gov — and if you sent money, contact your bank right away.

This page provides general safety information for Job Seekers. It is not exhaustive, is not legal or professional advice, and does not create any duty or obligation on JAYOBE's part or modify the Terms of Service. Staying alert is the best protection any job search has.

7. Contact

Questions about this page may be directed to JAYOBE as follows:

JAYOBE, Inc.

Legal Notices and Service of Process (Registered Agent)

8 The Green, STE B
Dover, DE 19901

General Correspondence

PO BOX 17
Armada, MI 48005

Email: legal@jayobe.io

Violation reports: abuse@jayobe.io

Website: jayobe.io