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?"
(Score: 2, Interesting) by mrclisdue on Sunday March 02 2014, @08:01PM
I realize it's a US-centric query, but in Canada, basically, one only has to supply one's Social Insurance Number (SIN) to employers, specific government institutions, and specific financial institutions (there are some other things, see the list here:
http://www.priv.gc.ca/resource/fs-fi/02_05_d_02_e. asp [priv.gc.ca]
)
I've seen hundreds of resumes where the SIN was prominent, often in the header, along with dob info ....
It's considered bad form in these parts to divulge one's SIN as it's gold to the id-theft crowd.
cheers,