[TriLUG] SSN for job apps?

[Neil L. Little]

ATT has been doing this for some time.

They use the ssn as the key to track data on their application/resume 
data base.
I am not a fan.

I also do not and have not worked for ATT.

I make it a policy myself never giving out my SSN. I need an offer of 
employment first.

73,
Neil, WA4AZL

Carl Crider wrote:
>  Ok, maybe I missed something while being in this contract for the
> last couple of years. I'm getting calls for a contract with AT&T in
> Durham. The reps are nice and they have been able to answer all of my
> questions thoroughly. However, they tell me that AT&T will not submit
> my application/resume without my SSN. Something to do with being able
> to check re-hire status for past employees. If you ask me, it sounds
> fishy. I don't give my number out to anyone, through email, over the
> phone, etc. When they have asked me at the bank, I write it down and
> show it to the teller instead of saying it out loud.
>
>  Please, someone out there give me some input on this. This can't be
> the new way of doing business. If it is, I'm going to do something
> else. With the economy's current "level of suck", identity theft is
> big business all over again.
>
> "I am not a number .... I'm a free man."
>
> thnx
>
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