Home Depot warns job seekers about scams on official careers site

Home Depot is warning job seekers to use only its official hiring portals and to treat unsolicited texts, emails and messaging app contacts with caution, especially if anyone asks for money. The company says applications are accepted only through careers.homedepot.com, or through careerdepot.homedepot.com for associates, a reminder that matters in a retailer where seasonal hiring, hourly work and quick-turn openings can draw impostors looking to exploit urgency.

The company’s careers pages say The Home Depot hires in stores, distribution centers and corporate offices across the country, giving applicants a path that runs well beyond the sales floor. Those same pages say The Home Depot is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and that all qualified applicants are considered without regard to disability, veteran status or other protected characteristics. Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply, a detail that reflects the company’s customer base and the realities of store staffing, where Spanish-English fluency can matter on busy lots, in pro departments and during weekend rushes.

Home Depot’s disability-assistance page directs applicants who need a reasonable accommodation during the hiring process to myTHDHR@homedepot.com. Its online assessment page says candidates selected for the process may be contacted by email and or phone, which gives applicants a useful benchmark for what a legitimate next step can look like. A real Home Depot hiring process should stay inside those channels, not drift into a stranger’s text thread.

The company’s Fraud Center is blunt: scammers may pose as employers in text messages and try to lure people with job opportunities, and applicants should not click links or respond to unknown senders. Payment requests are a major warning sign, including requests for gift cards. That warning lines up with the Federal Trade Commission’s April 2026 alert that fake recruiters are sending job-offer texts and stealing real money. The FTC says real employers will never reach out through unexpected texts, WhatsApp or Telegram messages, and it says never to pay to get a job.

Home Depot also points military candidates to dedicated resources on its careers site, including a Military Fellowship Program and Mission Transition courses, underscoring the company’s pitch as a long-term career destination rather than just a stopgap retail job. The larger lesson for applicants is straightforward: if the contact comes from outside Home Depot’s official systems and starts asking for money, gift cards or sensitive information, it does not belong in the hiring process.