On Wed, 5 Dec 2012 05:04:16 -0800 (PST), "
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On Dec 4, 9:30*pm, "Meanie" wrote:
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On Dec 4, 8:27 pm, 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 is a prospective employer supposed to do
any kind of background checks without even a
SS #? *It's typically asked for when applying for a
loan, credit card, apartment rental, hospital visit,
etc. *So, I don't see the issue as being unique
or unreasonable in regard to employment.

Financial institutes, leasing agencies, medical facilities, etc. all require
financial payment for services and/or goods. They require the need to check
credit history to ensure they deal with a financially responsible person so
they can get paid. An employer does not and simply pays the employee to do a
job.

Is that so? So a financial institution, say a bank, doesn't need
to make sure the person they are hiring isn't a felon, convicted
of theft, embezlement? A medical facility doesn't need to make
sure the person they are hiring isn't a violent criminal or murderer?
Would you hire someone to work at a hardware store you
owned without doing a background check? You'd probably be
the first person to sue the hospital if they didn't do a background
check and you were then mistreated.

My employer did a full background check on me, even though I'd worked
for them as a contractor for nine months and the contracting agency
had done a background check before they hired me. Anyone hiring
someone to a position of trust is going to run a background check on
prospective employees, if for no other reason than liability.


If anything, the applicant should check the history of the employer to
ensure they've never had problems with payroll. There is no need for an
employer to seek SSN....period.

I say you run your business and life the way you want to.
Let others run their business and lives the way they want to.
If someone is so upset by the request for a SSN from a
prospective employer, then they can go find a job elsewhere.
It's really that simple.

Oh, we can't have people actually making choices for themselves, now!