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- From: volpe@bart.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Christopher R Volpe)
- Newsgroups: alt.privacy,alt.drugs,misc.jobs.misc
- Subject: Re: Job ad from Computerworld - want SSN/drug test
- Message-ID: <1993Jan27.131927.11287@crd.ge.com>
- Date: 27 Jan 93 13:19:27 GMT
- References: <93020.095246MBADBH@rohvm1.rohmhaas.com> <1993Jan22.205040.7077@webo.dg.com>
- Sender: volpe@bart (Christopher R Volpe)
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- Organization: GE Corporate Research & Development
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- In article <1993Jan22.205040.7077@webo.dg.com>, don@muff.webo.dg.com (Don Perkins) writes:
- |> 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?
- |> |>
- |>
- |> They will use the SSN to run a credit check on the applicants.
-
- When I took out a car loan, and also when I moved into my apartment, I
- had to sign forms allowing the credit reporting agency to release
- this info to the lending institution and apartment complex, respectively.
- Can the prospective employer run such a credit check without your signing
- a similar form?
-
- |>
- |> They will use the result of the credit check as a basis for determining
- |> the 'character' of the applicant.
- |>
- |> --
- |> Don P.
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- Chris Volpe
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