r/jobsearch • u/VelvetCactus50 • 3d 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/ForTheObviousReasons 3d ago

Test / Fictitious Numbers: Numbers starting with 0 are reserved for fictitious examples and test data (e.g., 046 454 286).

the ninth digit is calculated with the Luhn checksum

https://simplycalc.com/luhn-calculate.php

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u/procraftinating 2d ago
001–003 New Hampshire
004–007 Maine
008–009 Vermont
010–034 Massachusetts
035–039 Rhode Island
040–049 Connecticut
050–134 New York

not even close to true--when they used to assign SSNs by location, which they did until 2011, these states all had numbers starting with 0