FP Canada™ is committed to maintaining a safe, transparent, and trustworthy Industry Career Board (the “Industry Career Board”) to protect job seekers from potentially misleading or harmful recruitment practices, and ensuring compliance with provincial job posting requirements. This policy explains the standards and procedures for how users can identify and report suspicious or fraudulent job postings linked from FP Canada’s Industry Career Board and how FP Canada may respond.
Our role
FP Canada’s Industry Career Board act as an aggregator for job postings explicitly requiring CFP® certification or QAFP® certification. Job postings are created, controlled, and hosted by third parties (e.g., employer websites, employer social network pages, or external job boards). FP Canada may display a job title and summary and provide a link to the external posting.
Because FP Canada does not host or manage the third-party posting, FP Canada cannot guarantee the accuracy or legitimacy of any external posting, or the external host organization’s practices. However, FP Canada may remove job listings from our pages when concerns are identified, in accordance with this policy.
What we mean by “fraudulent” or “suspicious”
A job posting may be considered fraudulent or suspicious if it appears false, misleading, deceptive, or intended to exploit or cause harm to job seekers. Examples include (but are not limited to):
- Requests for money, fees, deposits, gift cards, cryptocurrency, or other payment to apply or receive a job offer;
- Requests for sensitive personal information early in the process (e.g., social insurance number, banking information, copies of government identification);
- Impersonation of a legitimate organization or individual (including look-alike email domains/websites);
- Materially inaccurate or deceptive claims about the role, compensation, location, or employer identity;
- Pressure tactics (e.g., “act immediately”), threats, or unusually secretive communication; or
- Links leading to suspected phishing pages, malware, or suspicious downloads.
How to report a suspected fraudulent job posting
If you believe a job posting linked on FP Canada’s Industry Career Board may be fraudulent or suspicious, report it promptly using the reporting form on this page.
Please include (if possible):
- The listing URL (the page where you found the posting);
- The external posting URL (where the link takes you);
- Job title and organization name shown; and
- Why it seems suspicious (what you saw or experienced that raised suspicion).
Please do not include your sensitive information (e.g., social insurance number, banking details, copies of identification) when reporting the job posting or in the reporting form.
FP Canada rights and actions
Upon reviewing a reported job posting, including the source and any other available information about the job posting, FP Canada reserves the right to take appropriate corrective action, including:
- Requesting clarification from the third-party poster or employer (where possible).
- Removing a listing from our Industry Career Board and/or disabling the external link, either permanently or temporarily while the listing is under review.
- Restricting or banning repeat offenders from being featured/linked from the FP Canada Industry Career Board.
- Documenting reports and outcomes to identify patterns and improve safeguards.
FP Canada may take action based on the information available and is not required to wait for third-party confirmation where user safety may be at risk. Where appropriate, FP Canada may notify law enforcement authorities or direct the reporting user to additional reporting resources (e.g. police, Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre).
Privacy
FP Canada will handle reports in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Information submitted may be used to investigate the report, take steps to protect users, and maintain operational records. FP Canada will not publish reporter information.
Posting this policy and recordkeeping
This policy and the reporting method will be posted in a conspicuous place on the Industry Career Board pages so users can readily access them. FP Canada will retain copies of this policy (including prior versions) for at least three (3) years after a version is replaced or no longer in effect.
Effective Date of this Policy: January 1, 2026
