On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 05:12:37 -0800 (PST), "
wrote:

On Dec 5, 5:52*am, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 02:21:14 -0500, wrote:

OK, but if you have 1000 applicants and one finalist to make an offer,
you only need that one number, not all the others that will be sitting
in a file drawer for a long time.

Nobody is going to get to the application phase for 1000 prospective
employees to fill one job. You would not even look at that many
resumes. Usually they seldom even consider more than a few, enough to
call them back.

My point is though, you don't need the SS# on the application. *Does
not matter if it is 2, 10, 100 or 10,000. *Until you have a viable
candidate for the job, you have no need for the SS.

I hope you recogize the need to run background checks to
avoid hiring someone who is a fugitive? Or hiring a guy
convicted of embezlement to be your bookkeeper? Or
a night janitor who is a burglar?

Now, would you rather find that out before making the job
offer, when you can just politely tell them that you filled
the position internally. Or would you prefer to wait until
you tell them they have the job, then ask for the SS#, then
do the check, then have to tell them the specific reason
why they are now not getting the job? How about the
candidate turns out to be an axe murderer or a member
of the Bloods convicted of a drive-by? You want to make
that call?


Couldn't you "hire subject to" in the offer letter??