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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Employers love to vacuum up data like this. Can you imagine how valuable they find this information? And they get to collect it from everyone who applies, not just the one they hire.

How much do other employers pay, from what schools do they get their fresh recruits, where do people go after leaving company X, etc.

Welcome to the 21st century.[/quote]

This is OP. I find this so off-putting that I think I probably won't apply for the job. I thought it was interesting, but I like my current job, and it just doesn't seem worth it just for the possibility of exploring a potential new job. I feel sorry for people who have no choice but to provide so much personal information (including the last 4 digits of my SSN, that was on the next screen!) for the chance to be considered for a job.

Also to the PP who blamed all the data collection on demographics on an EO, the demographic information was the only part that applicants can choose NOT to provide![/quote]

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