There is no way in hell I'm providing references on a online application (credit, job interview)

[axil2]

I have filled out job applications online and had to give references, social security#, etc. If I worked in HR and you didn't fill out everything, I would throw it in the trash and move on to the next application. This is 2012, filling applications out online is the way it is going. I got the job online without ever meeting anyone and they gave me $12,000 to move as the job was in another state

[WestPhillyDude75]

Originally Posted by axil2

I have filled out job applications online and had to give references, social security#, etc. If I worked in HR and you didn't fill out everything, I would throw it in the trash and move on to the next application. This 2012, filling applications out online is the way it is going. I got the job online without ever meeting anyone and they gave me $12,000 to move as the job was in another state

well that's you, i will never provide a SSN or references especially when it's a 95% chance you won't get called back

[akinva]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

well that's you, i will never provide a SSN or references especially when it's a 95% chance you won't get called back

I'm not really sure what the point of this thread is then. To rant?

[duster1979]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

Temp agencies must have just started this because in 2009 I was not asked for a list of references.

Temp agencies are a different breed of cat altogether. When you sign up with a temp agency you are basically being "hired" by them even though they might not have a position for you immediately. So they will often contact your references up front, but it's a one-time thing and they won't contact them again if the first job they set you up with doesn't work out.

Some don't like it, I think it's just something you have to accept if you want to go the temp route.

[X14Freak]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

I believe they only call references for a candidate they are planning on extending an offer to not someone who was not being considered for the job. Maybe they figured it wasn't no point in contacting the references when they planned on hiring someone else.

That's kind of my point. Which is why I am saying to provide the references regardless.

[L'Artiste]

I usually quit when they ask for my social , but doesn't matter because your application is going through software that will toss your application based on keywords

[berkeleylake]

In a job market like this, giant companies like Comcast can be extremely selective (even for its contractors). The longer you stayed unemployed, you do get a little more desperate as you do hand out more information. I had to give references on some online applications. I recall the companies were fairly large like over 10K employees.

Now in 2012, it's the employers' market right now.

[WestPhillyDude75]

Originally Posted by berkeleylake

In a job market like this, giant companies like Comcast can be extremely selective (even for its contractors). The longer you stayed unemployed, you do get a little more desperate as you do hand out more information. I had to give references on some online applications. I recall the companies were fairly large like over 10K employees.

Now in 2012, it's the employers' market right now.

Regardless if it's a employer market, you still stick to what you want to do when job seeking

[gagirlatl]

Originally Posted by TVandSportsGuy

Regardless if it's a employer market, you still stick to what you want to do when job seeking

Agree. For me, I don't mind handing over references if asked, but I have rarely come across applications that have ever required it during the initial stages. I agree that employers should wait to collect that information from candidates who are seriously being considered for the job - not from every Joe who fills out an application online.

And I will not hand over my SSN through an online application. Again, I rarely see companies asking for that info online, but when I have, I cancelled the application and moved on. If you want my SSN, then I will gladly give it to you when we meet for an interview.

[WestPhillyDude75]

Originally Posted by gagirlatl

Agree. For me, I don't mind handing over references if asked, but I have rarely come across applications that have ever required it during the initial stages. I agree that employers should wait to collect that information from candidates who are seriously being considered for the job - not from every Joe who fills out an application online.

And I will not hand over my SSN through an online application. Again, I rarely see companies asking for that info online, but when I have, I cancelled the application and moved on. If you want my SSN, then I will gladly give it to you when we meet for an interview.

The funniest thing of the day was a community college in philly asking for a SSN and references on a online application while the IVY league school which was University of Penn didn't ask for neither-lol