Should i give ssn on an online job application

Your doctor may ask for your Social Security number when you fill out patient forms because they want to easily identify you to collect outstanding payments. But your insurance company identifies you by your insurance policy number in order to bill you and submit payments. While your insurance company will need your SSN, your doctor does not need this information for billing purposes. According to the US Department of Justice , all children living in the US are entitled to attend public school, and schools cannot require children or their parents to provide a Social Security number in order to enroll.

If they ask for proof of identity, provide a birth certificate or passport. Leases or electric bills can also be presented as proof of address. You will need to provide your Social Security number when applying for a credit card, because the bank associated with your card will want to track your credit score. Delete Cancel. You have successfully removed bookmark.

Delete canceled. Please log in as a SHRM member before saving bookmarks. OK Proceed. Your session has expired. Please log in as a SHRM member. Cancel Sign In. Please purchase a SHRM membership before saving bookmarks. OK Join. An error has occurred. From Email. To Email. Send Cancel Close. Your Social Security number provided in an online employment application will be used to identify your records, and for background checks and other requests for information about you from employers, schools, banks, and others who know you, to the extent allowed by law.

The information we collect using your Social Security number will be used for employment purposes and also for studies and statistics that will not identify you. We also may provide information we collect about you from online employment applications to federal, state, and local agencies to check on any violations of the law or for other legal purposes.

Providing your Social Security number is voluntary and you may refuse. However, we cannot process your application, which is the first step toward obtaining employment with us, if you do not provide us with this information. In other words, we'll do whatever we want with your social security number, and you can't apply without giving it to us. I mean, what studies? What statistics? That's pretty vague. But, say all the recruiters, we need the social security number to run background checks. Yes--and no.

If the job requires a credit check which most do not , then you need a social security number to run the check. You also need the candidate to sign a specific release. And you should not be running any of this at the application stage.