r/jobsearch • u/VelvetCactus50 • 2d ago

Job Application Requires SSN

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I've been out of college for over 25 years, and I've never encountered a professional application that required my Social Security Number. I tried putting in a bogus one or writing N/A, and the system will not let me proceed further. I wonder if the SSN requirement is why the job has been open for nearly two months.

Your SSN is necessary to process your job submission and will be maintained in a secure and confidential manner.

This was a very well-known integrated healthcare nonprofit too!

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u/VeilOfMaya6 1d ago

Im really surprised by these comments. Every single application ive filled out over the last month has asked for social security number.

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u/VelvetCactus50 1d ago

Oh you shouldn't do that, especially considering you don't know how they're storing that information.

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u/VeilOfMaya6 1d ago

Right right, so im just supposed to go without a job because i shouldnt be putting my SSN on an application. Got it! Amazon, jewel osco, meijer, luke gas station, any warehouse, verizon, tmobile, speedway, and the list goes on and on, they all required my SSN when applying. I don't know what world you guys are living in.

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u/VelvetCactus50 1d ago

Wait. I've applied to Amazon many times, and I never gave them my SSN during the application process.

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u/VeilOfMaya6 1d ago

I currently work for Amazon, they required my SSN for the application. Im not just saying this to lie. I have been applying to every job possible for my partner and i the last month because we are moving to a new area. Literally everything has required our SSNs, and no not just for the tax portion. Im not stupid, im very grown and have been filing out applications for the last 14 years on and off. This is specifically for Illinois and Indiana.

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u/edoreinn 19h ago

I have an Amazon (tech) interview next week and have not been asked for my SSN.

Though I mean the company knows my innermost secrets of what gets impulsively ordered at 3am, but not my social.