[TriLUG] SSN for applying to jobs

[gregbrown at mindspring.com]

That's probably exactly what they are doing: running a pre-screening credit check.  Go ahead and ask them outright.  They should have to ask for premission.  It ticks me off too because having too many credit checks in a short time period can actually lower your credit score but a little bit.  If I apply to two dozen shops in a week I don't want 24 checks in that same time period.

Ugh.

Greg

-----Original Message-----
From: Tanner Lovelace <clubjuggler at gmail.com>
Sent: Nov 24, 2004 2:39 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list <trilug at trilug.org>
Subject: Re: [TriLUG] SSN for applying to jobs

It's possible they were using it to run a credit check on you.  AFAIK,
they're not
_supposed_ to do  that, but I doubt that's stopped people before. :-/

Was this with a recruiter you've heard about before?

Cheers,
Tanner

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:41:36 -0500, Craig Cook <craig at cookitservices.com> wrote:
> I just wanted to add a quick comment that I was contacted about a (UNIX/Linux) role with a large Telco company that starts with the letter "A".
> 
> Apparently I needed to supply my social security number to the recruiter so he could submit my resume.  He gave me a phone number to call to verify that was their new way of finding people - to stop duplicate resumes going though. (Not the last x digits - the whole number).
> 
> There was no safe way I could verify any of that, and I'm not comfortable giving my social to strangers, so I rejected the application.
> 
> Even if that was their new policy, they don't need my social before I am actually working for them.
> 
> Craig Cook
> - Working for someone else ;)
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