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On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:26:18 -0500, Ed Pawlowski wrote:

On Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:08:22 -0800, Oren wrote:




Would you work for a company that you could not trust with your SSN?

Would yo work for a company that wants your personal information for
no good reason?

They have good reason, so they ask.

Good reason perhaps but justifiable reason is another matter. Some
companies have very specific rules about request for personal identification
UNTIL the hiring decision is made. At that time the checking begins. FWIW
my contract work especially for clients with a national security issues
clients do not ask until the deal is done and then the offer/contract is
based on supplying and passing a back ground check. This includes clients
I've worked with previously.