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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: 4, Interesting) by NovelUserName on Sunday March 02 2014, @06:39PM
As others have noted, your SSN is the token you use to start playing the game. It's required for banking, and anything requiring a credit check, and setting up utility access (unless you are prepared to argue for hours). In principle, you will have to give your SSN at some point before employment for tax purposes. If you don't trust the company at this point in the process, you probably shouldn't bother with the application.
If you are concerned about this from an ethical standpoint, i.e. what information are they gathering on their prospective employees, you might find their HR contact number and call to ask why they need the number. This won't resolve the central problem, but it will get you more data to make your decision.
Good luck with your application