Job board Jobsite and online identity firm Garlik are to work together to help protect jobseekers from online identity and financial fraud.

FraudAlert, a new bespoke service produced by Garlik, informs jobseekers if their personal details appear on traded or compromised personal and financial data sources. It also alerts them if a Royal Mail re-direction has been placed upon a registered address– enabling them to remove the redirection if fraudulent and prevent any valuable documents or cards getting into the hands of the fraudster or identity thief.

Keith Potts, managing director of Jobsite, said: “We have over three million candidates and one of the largest CV databases in Europe, so one of our top priorities is to continually protect all jobseekers using Jobsite. Our new partnership with Garlik provides our jobseekers with the option for another layer of protection.

“We would also like to remind all jobseekers to think carefully about the information they store on their CVs and exclude highly confidential information – such as passport numbers, bank details, National Insurance numbers and their date of birth – as this could potentially increase the risk of identify fraud both on and offline.”