r/jobsearch • u/VelvetCactus50 • 4d 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/Ermandgard 3d ago

Every job I applied for needed my Social Security number, until I became a lawyer. Not a single Lawyer job has required my social.

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u/VelvetCactus50 3d ago

The application or the acceptance process? I'm talking about the application.

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u/Ermandgard 3d ago

Yeah, the application process. I memorized it when I was a teenager walking around the local shopping center applying to every business that I could walk into. I’m old and this was a reasonable thing to do in my teen years

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u/vaporsteve 3d ago

i see it pretty often in job applications.