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Here are 10 most important questions to ask before you start using a jobs portal:

1. Is it a reputable jobs portal?
2. For how long are they providing this service?
3. How do they collect and disseminate the information?
4. What are their privacy policy practices?
5. Do they share your information with others without your permission?
6. Do you still have the full control over the information that you have provided?
7. Can you specify who can see your resume and who cannot (for example you may not want your current employer to find out that you are planning to switch your job)?
8. Can anyone advertise their jobs on this website, or do they have strict criteria before a job is approved?
9. Do they keep you updated about the jobs of your interest or do you have to check it on your own?
10. Do they support and encourage equal employment opportunities? 

What about Mustakbil.com?

Is it a reputable jobs portal?

No doubt about it, Mustakbil.com is online since 2004 and has over 16,000 employers from different industries and over 650,000 jobseekers. So people really trust us.

For how long are they providing this service?

Since 2004

How do they collect and disseminate the information?

Information collection and dissemination practices are according to the international standards, we are a TRUSTe certified website.

What are their privacy policy practices?

Review our privacy policy online at http://www.mustakbil.com/Privacy-Policy/ .

Do they share your information with others without your permission?

Never, and thats the reason we are among those 1800 organization in the world who have TRUSTe certification.

Do you still have the full control over the information that you have provided?

Yes absolutely, you have full control over your information. You can update, or remove your information whenever you want.

Can you specify who can see your resume and who cannot (for example you may not want your current employer to find out that you are planning to switch your job)?

Yes, you can specify whether you want to make your resume searchable by all employer or just those for whom you apply.

Can anyone advertise their jobs on this website, or do they have strict criteria before a job is approved?

Certainly not, job quality is strictly controlled on Mustakbil.com. Whenever a new employer creates an account at Mustakbil.com our account verification team verifies its status so that every job that is posted on our site is genuine and posted by authorized person only.

Do they keep you updated about the jobs of your interest or do you have to check it on your own?

Mustakbil.com offers daily jobs alert services that keep you updated about the latest jobs that are of your interest. To subscribe for job alerts, please visit http://www.mustakbil.com/Jobseeker/Job-Alerts/ .

Do they support and encourage equal employment opportunities?

Absolutely, Mustakbil.com does not allow any sort of discrimination among the candidates. If we find any job posting in which employer trying to creating discrimination among the applicants we immediately remove it.

Beware of Fraudulent Companies / Non-Corporate Entities / Individuals – SECP & SBP Employment Scams Warning – (Ref. Dawn June 26, 2009 Page 8 )

State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) and Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) warned the gneral public not to be misled by fraudulent activites / schemes of deposits, loans, investments etc. launched by certain companies / non- corporate entities / individuals through advertisements (print and electronic media), agents, brochures, websites, emails and hoardings etc.

Employment Scams

General public is also advised to be careful about employment scams in which the job applicants are asked to pay some amount on one pretext or another along with job application.

Please see the complete press release below:

We sincerely apologize for all the inconvenience this may have caused and deeply appreciate your patience during this period.

Since the day when first incident was reported, we were in constant contact with PTCL to get the issue fixed. We also published an alternate way for the PTCL broadband users to access our website in our official blog at:

http://blog.mustakbil.com/2009/06/16/browsing-issue-for-ptcl-broadband-users/

Finally the issue has been fixed and now you should be able to access Mustakbil.com through PTCL broadband connection without any issue.

If you are still facing difficulty in accessing our website, please contact us at support@mustakbil.com

Wishing you success using Mustakbil.com!

Best Regards,
Customer Support,
Mustakbil.com – A Division of TechnoBird.

Mustakbil.com is the only jobs site in Pakistan that contacts each employer to verify its status so that every job that is posted on our website is genuine and posted by authorized person only. We hope that you will understand that due to the limited resources it is not practically possible for us to conduct in-depth verification of each employer.

We work hard to maintain the quality of jobs on Mustakbil.com, but we advise you to keep in mind the following advice when searching and applying for jobs on this or any other job site:

• Google and try to find out the basic information about the employer
• There is no need to provide bank account details, personal financial information or payment to any person or organization when applying for a job.
• As part of the job application process, recruiters/employers/agents should never ask you to pay fees for recruitment or processing services, such as training materials, interview fees, test fees, CV/resume improvements or administrative costs etc.
• Avoid applying for jobs where the role requires you to process payments via a personal bank account or transfer money by wire services such as Western Union or Moneygram.
• Finally, if you see an opportunity which appears too good to be true, please let us know, so we can investigate further.

If you have any suspicions about jobs you see on Mustakbil.com, you can report them to our customer support team who will take immediate appropriate action.

Please note that Mustakbil.com strives hard to offer the best and safest possible customer experience for both jobseekers and employers, while disclaiming any loss/liability, please read the disclaimer available at http://www.mustakbil.com/disclaimer.htm

Wishing you success using Mustakbil.com!

Customer Support

Mustakbil.com – A Division of TechnoBird

Browsing Issue for users accessing Mustakbil.com through PTCL Broadband Connection

Since past few days some of the users of our website are reporting that they are unable to access the website using PTCL broadband connection.

We have investigated the issue at our end and there doesn’t seem to be any problem at our end as the website is working perfectly when access through other ISPs. Third party tools such as http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/www.mustakbil.com also shows that there isn’t any problem with the website.

Similarly, when the website is access through OpenDNS instead of PTCL DNS servers it works perfectly.

We are in constant contact with PTCL since the day when first incident was reported. PTCL staff is working on the issue, and they have assured us that it will be fixed soon.

As its taking too much time, we recommend the users who are accessing the website through PTCL broadband connection follow the steps mentioned below:

1. Click Start menu and click Control Panel
2. Click Network Connections
3. Double click Local Area Connection icon this will open Local Area Connection Status.
4. Click Properties button this will open Local Area Connection Properties dialog box.
5. Double click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) from the list.
6. Select Use the following DNS server addresses radio button and type the following as DNS servers

• Preferred DNS Server : 208.67.222.222
• Alternate DNS Server : 208.67.220.220

Click Ok button on all dialog boxes. Restart your computer, try to browse www.mustakbil.com 

Please let us know if you are still unable to brows the website.