[SGVLUG] jobs jobs jobs and the recruiters who sell us

[matti]

100% agree!! Julie is right on this!

ALSO Remember, there are phishing / scam attempts on various job boards to get your
ID info for fraudulent purposes. Anyone asking for a SSN upfront is probably
a scammer or a complete idiot about ID "Theft" ( really should be ID comprise / ID fraud )


Also, remember Monster got majorly compromised and some people had
a SSN on their resume ( !! really !! ) ( 2009 )


You can find more on the monster breach google:

monster security breach

There are a few outfits which want the last 4 SSN, which still
is not secure as you can guess the first 5 with ease if you know
a bit about a person. ( basically State and date when they got the SSN )
( btw - They are assigning NEW SSN slightly differently )


Thus, I do not even like to give even the last 4 until we
are really to do the appropriate governmental tax paperwork.


good luck!
matti


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 From: Julie <tearsea88 at yahoo.com>
To: SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] jobs jobs jobs and the recruiters who sell us
 

I tell them I would be more than happy to provide that when I have an offer and I accepted it and they need my SSN to process payroll and DOL.  At the interview stage, they don't need it.  So far I don't have anyone having a problem with that.  If so, I'd RUN as fast as possible.  Same thing as asking me to provide facebook login credentials.  None of their business.


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 From: Chang Li <clichang at gmail.com>
To: SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> 
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] jobs jobs jobs and the recruiters who sell us
 

Now some job application requires SSN. I'm not comfortable with it to put my SSN in the application system. How do you deal with this?
Best,
Chang


On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 8:51 PM, Sean O'Donnell <sean at seanodonnell.com> wrote:

Or my fav... Ye ol' "URGENT REQUIREMENT"... 20 states away... 3mo contract.
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>...Let me just drop everything!! :)
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>Sent from my iPhone w/ love.
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>On Apr 27, 2012, at 1:52 PM, Julie <tearsea88 at yahoo.com> wrote:
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>Yuppers!  And if they write like a typical Nigerian Prince needing your help with a few million dollar bank transfer, delete those as well.
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>>Wow.. at least I haven't gotten something that outside my field as an Administrator Assistant!  Dang.. that's just of insulting.  Oh, I also had a recruiter that wrote me and address me as someone else.  But I think my all-time favorite been when I'm greeted as "[first_name]".
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>>To: SGVLUG Discussion List. <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> 
>>Sent: Friday, April 27, 2012 1:22 PM
>>Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] jobs jobs jobs and the recruiters who sell us
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>>lol!
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>>"Maybe you can try an experiment.  Write somewhere on your resume that recruiters need to mention a keyword in order to get a response.  You'll be amazed how many (or how little) you'll get from that.  :)"
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>>You mean like this one:
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>>Dear Candidate,
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>>My name is Amit and I'm an IT recruiter at SpectraForce Technologies Inc. Our records show that you are an experienced professional with experience asAdministrative Assistant. This experience is relevant to one of my current openings.
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>>We have an urgent requirement with our client for : Administrative Assistant_at TORRANCE,CA.
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