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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 OGbear on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:24PM
They are using the SSN to pull credit history and run a criminal records check.
A few years back, I responded to a CareerBuilder ad and ran into the same SSN request. I informed CB that I do not provide that information to search firms. If they have a specific referal that they would like me to talk to, I will provide the firms H/R department with the information, should we come to an understanding about the job. They responded with a referal, contingent on my passing the background check. I got the job and CB got their referal fee, so everyone was happy.