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- From: bwood@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (William Wood)
- Subject: Re: Job ad from Computerworld - want SSN/drug test
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:41:00 GMT
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- In article <93021.100644MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com>, David B. Horvath, CDP <MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> writes...
- >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
- >
-
-
- <*> This is also interesting... Does anyone have the address on the
- Medical Information Bureau??
-
- I saw a quick report on them on my local news. From what I was
- able to catch, anyone can write to them to get copies of whatever
- is written on you (medically).
-
- This seems to be the main storage center of medical information that
- is used by and contributed to from nearly all major insurance companies.
- If you ever went to the Doctor to fix a toe nail - the whole story is in
- their files. And Lord help you if you have a disease that those "with
- inquiring minds" wish to know..they will find out here.
-
- It seems like this is much like that little form you can fill out
- to find out how many quarterrs you've paid into Social Security. I
- just don't recall the address. I'm pretty sure it's somewhere in
- Virginia.. Who knows????
-