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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: 2, Insightful) by mrkaos on Sunday March 02 2014, @08:31PM
If they ask for information that is not required it becomes an act of discrimination. Obviously you will have to check your local laws on this one but a great book is "Land the Tech Job you Love".
You could also supply bogus information and if they ask about it say 'whoopsee' and then say, "yeah sorry, that's confidential information and it wouldn't accept the application without it" use some emotional intelligence and then say "hey look, I'm not real comfortable giving that information out with identity theft the way it is now-a-days, what do you really need this information for?".
There is no way they can verify bogus information if you keep supplying it as such and it won't look any different from anyone else who supplies the real thing.
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