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Employment Applications and Your Personal Info

posted by janrinok on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the you-know-that-you-can-trust-us dept.

SuperCharlie writes:

"I am in search of employment and ran across a bit of a dilemma that I would like some Soylent guidance. After applying for a job at CareerBuilder, I received a follow-up email which requested that I fill out their on-line application. The first field, mandatory, was Social Security Number as part of their initial screening process. My question for the community is, how would you deal with requests like this as the initial employment steps?"

 
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  • (Score: 5, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:17PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:17PM (#9773)

    Banking systems allow the use of 999-99-9999 to get through the automatic checks. Using this will allow your privacy to be not compromised and at the same time be contacted on an as needed basis.

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