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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 Thexalon on Sunday March 02 2014, @07:19PM

    by Thexalon (636) on Sunday March 02 2014, @07:19PM (#9818) Homepage

    Using it for those purposes is not just beyond full-retard, it's plain freakin' dangerous

    Also, in some states it may be illegal [consumersunion.org]. Employers collect SSNs for tax purposes when they decide to hire somebody, but there are significant restrictions on when and how they can ask for it.

    Your guess that it's probably for a credit check sound right on the money. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Steve Cohen (D-TN 9) introduced a bill [govtrack.us] to make that illegal too, but it between partisan gridlock and big business opposition there's approximately a whelk's chance in a supernova of that passing.

    My instincts match edIII though: If they're that stupid, or that disrespectful towards their applicants, try elsewhere if at all possible.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Yow on Sunday March 02 2014, @09:54PM

    by Yow (1637) on Sunday March 02 2014, @09:54PM (#9864)

    In my state Government job-sites warn against including your ssn on apps/resumes as it is indeed illegal. My plan would be to fill out the on-line app out w/out my ssn and in some other space notate 'ssn provided upon hire' or some such - not that following my advice aver got anyone anywhere - but I've done Ok.