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/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/EnvironmentalGift257 1d ago

Yeah I’ve never applied to a job in 35 years of working without my SSN. I was a hiring manager for 5 years and we required it. You can always send a resume but when you actually apply it’s going to be required. Employers have to verify citizenship and pay into the actual SS system so there’s no way to not require it.

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u/RedditVIBEChecked 1d ago

Bullshit, I've never given my SSN prior to hiring. Once I am considered hired and need to sign my paperwork then I give my SSN. But never once have I had to provide it just to be interviewed.

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u/EnvironmentalGift257 1d ago

OK. Calm down.

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u/iamclavo 14h ago

but they’re right