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- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 10:06:44 EST
- From: David B. Horvath, CDP <MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- Message-ID: <93021.100644MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
- Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.drugs,misc.jobs.misc
- Subject: Re: Job ad from Computerworld - want SSN/drug test
- References: <93020.095246MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>
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- In article <1jk591INN96s@tamsun.tamu.edu>, bell@cs.tamu.edu (Will Bell) says:
- >
- >In article <93020.095246MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> David B. Horvath, CDP
- ><MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> writes:
- >>I saw the included ad in Computerworld January 18, 1993, page
- >>85 - the Computer Careers section. They want your SSN before
- >>they even talk to you. What for?
- >
- >Guesses:
- >1. They have never had to deal with a legion of people who demand privacy
- > and refuse to give out their ssn, and they didn't know any better.
- >2. They are entering some or all of your information into a database keyed
- > to the SSN, and can't be bothered with generating an alternate ID number.
- >3. They are screening for employment eligibility -- if you don't have a SSN
- > then you can't work. (This isn't necessarily true, right?)
- >4. THey are flat-out stupid.
- >
- >WBB
- >
- >--
- >Will Bell -- bell@cs.tamu.edu -- Live from the heart of Scenic Central Texas
- >"Why did you pour ink on my head?"
-
- My guess is that they are doing prescreens - credit checks, verification of
- employement history (via resume vs. credit report), medical/drug use/smoking
- history checks via the Medical Information Burea.
-
- - David Horvath
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