End the use of Social Security Numbers in order to begin an online job application process as well as evaluations.

In an era of hacking-gone-wild, online job applications should never need a social security number until the employer wishes to call the job seeker in for an interview. The problem lies both in the beginning, as well as the final stage of the application process. A job cannot be applied for without first entering your full name and then your SSN. Furthermore, as part of the application process, a job seeker's SSN and full name are required to be entered onto a third party's employee evaluation test. Holding this information on servers run by different companies puts many job seekers at risk of both identity theft and a bad credit rating, further hurting their chances of getting a call for the job. This risk is further increased when that company is bought by another data company.