How to Apply for Jobs Online With a Social Security Number Required
While job searching you will most likely find that many jobs require online applications. Most online applications require a social security number(SSN). How do you know it is safe to use a SSN on a online application? How do I prevent identity theft when using a SSN online? Does not answering the question or giving the wrong social security number hurt my job application?
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Make sure the website page you are putting your social security number into is secure. Look at the url. at the top of the page, secure website pages will have a padlock sign before the url. Look further into the url. Url's that start with [https://]means you are on a secured page; if the URL starts with http://, you're not. You will want to look at the page they want you to put your information on, not just main website pages. Never give your social security number on a job application if the host does not provide a secure application page.
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Avoid randomly give your social security number when applying for a job online. Many scam artists pray on job seekers but setting up fake online job applications to harvest social security numbers. Always do research on the company to make sure they are a legit business before giving out any personal information.
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Never think you are fooling anyone buy giving out a fake social security number. A couple years ago it was kosher to "make a mistake" on typing in your social security number and then when you got the job to fix your mistake. This is no longer excepted. Most employers will do a background check on potential employers before being hired using the social security number. If the number is wrong the employer will move on to the next candidate for the job.
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Tips & Warnings
Never fill out a job application online if they do not use a secure web-page, even if they do not ask for your social security number. Other personal information on a resume can cause just as much problems if gotten into the wrong hands.
If you are having doubts about a company, either skip the application all together or give them a call to confirm any questions.
Give a social security number out with care.
Giving out the wrong social security number in a employment application can cause job issues and legal problems down the road.
Never use a social security number on a job application used for job recruiters for several companies. Only give number when applying for a individual company. In this case instead of filling in the number with a fake number use all 0's instead.
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how can I be sure that the company I'm emailing my SSN to is the actual real company? Real email, real telephone# etc.
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"This is no longer excepted. "? Try 'accepted'...
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Safe! Doubt it. It's interesting how you do not need SSN until hired and most companies do state that jobs may not exist. So exactly what does Knonos and similar companies do with all this information on thousands of "potential" employees. Well one can only imagine. If not the Kronos, one of its employees tht is not screen by the same process. Very interesting indeed. I will let all the other readers of this regerge of information decided for themselves.
