On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:48:02 -0600, "Pete C."
wrote:


Oren wrote:

On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 20:27:55 -0500, Metspitzer
wrote:

I was talking on the phone with my cousin today. She has worked as a
substitute teacher in several schools. She is between jobs. One of
the things she mentioned was that they require her to furnish her SSN
on job applications. Since the wrong person could do some serious
damage with your SSN, I really think it is a bad idea to have to
furnish them for a job application.


How would she get SS credits, otherwise?

Application, vs. new hire paperwork. It really shouldn't be required
until you are in the process of being hired, not just applying. That
said, in this age of background checks and whatnot, it may be to your
benefit to provide it if you have a name that is shared by others in the
country to help avoid being confused with that person on such background
checks. Legally they are required to inform you if something bad comes
up on a background check and give you an opportunity to contest it, but
a great many employers violate that law.

My wife does volunteer work for a local police department. They ran
here name and found a person with same name committed a bank robbery.

They got it sorted out, but still required her SSN.