Should you ever pay money to get a job?
Kya job ke liye paisa dena padta hai?
The short answer is no
Seedha jawab — nahi.
Work is an exchange. A company needs something done, and it pays a person to do it. Money moves from the employer to the worker. That is the whole arrangement, and it does not have a step in it where the worker pays first.
So when a call, a WhatsApp message or an office asks you for money before you have worked a single day, the thing being sold to you is not a job. It may be a registration, a training, a uniform, a "police verification", a "file charge" or a promise. It is not a job, because a job pays you.
The names the fee hides behind
Fee ke alag-alag naam.
Almost nobody says "pay me to hire you". The money is asked for as something that sounds administrative and small, and it is often small — which is exactly why people pay it.
- Registration fee, form fee, or file charge
- Security deposit, refundable after joining
- Training fee, certificate fee, or course fee
- Uniform, ID card, or joining kit charge
- Medical test or police verification fee
- Consultancy or placement commission
Why "refundable" is the most expensive word
"Wapas mil jayega" — sabse mehenga jhooth.
A deposit you are told you will get back after joining is the most common version, because it feels like a loan rather than a loss. It is also the version people argue about the longest before they accept what happened, and every week spent arguing is a week the money moves further away.
Treat the promise and the payment as the same decision. If you would not give the money away, do not give it on the condition that it comes back.
What NaukarDundo does
NaukarDundo kya karta hai.
NaukarDundo never charges a job seeker. Not to register, not to see a salary, not to apply, not to be contacted by an employer. There is no plan, no premium tier and no paid boost for the person looking for work. Employers pay to reach candidates; candidates pay nothing.
That is a design decision about who this platform is for, not a launch offer that expires. If anyone ever asks you for money in NaukarDundo's name, they are not us — open the job and report it, which is free and needs no account.
Common questions
Is it normal to pay a registration fee for a job?
No. A legitimate employer does not charge you to apply, to register or to be considered. Money in a hiring process moves from the employer to the worker, never the other way.
The consultancy says the deposit is refundable after I join. Is that safe?
Treat it as money you are giving away. "Refundable" is the most common wrapper for a fee that is never returned, and it is the version people spend the longest chasing.
Does NaukarDundo charge job seekers anything?
No. Registering, searching, seeing salaries, applying and being contacted by an employer are all free for job seekers. Employers pay to reach candidates.