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Anyone asking for your full address at the job application stage isn't usually legit either. Just don't. You can give that to a BG check company after an offer is made and accepted.
Source - am HR
where I live, there is a street near mine that is locally famous for being a trouble making poor area.
Felony Flats is one of the nicer nicknames that neighborhood has. The street I live on is also famous, but it is famous for being the road with the old historical houses and generally upper class atmosphere, the popular walkway/trail runs alongside it.
Everything being equal and it came down to splitting hairs, if someone was to see the street names and addresses and knows the area, they would absolutely give me an opportunity vs my neighbor of just a few blocks away.
Please tell me there's also a Misdemeanor Manor somewhere in your city.
That's where all the rich college kids' daddies live.
It's less an issue of getting a job and more an issue of data miners masquerading as job applications.
That really depends on the jurisdiction.
In the UK, it is mandatory to provide your actual address for most positions, for example.
Brit here. I have never been asked for my address pre-offer.
What?
It seems pretty resonable for my employer to know where I live...
Here in Sweden, they get all of that info via our personal number which we submit to them when accepting the possition
Application vs accepting an offer are quite different - an employer doesn't need to know where you live if they aren't accepting you and you applied online. Though it's definitely the norm here in Germany to include the address on the application, too.
It's also that job applicants are such a ripe group for data theft; is this job real? Create a fake company site, post an ad, get personal info on a ton of people for scams, fraud, ID theft, etc. there are so many new companies, fake companies it's impossible to tell the difference often.
The less into you give earlier in the process, unless required in your country, the better. Generally companies using a real applicant tracking system are more likely to be legit but even then.
Always go directly to the employers site to apply (though this does remove quick/easy apply options for things like indeed and linked in). Your privacy or a job is a messed up choice.
Not one employer of mine knew or cared where I lived. They knew whether I did the job or not.
But do they need to know when you apply, or only after you've been hired?
Why would my employer need to know where I live? That makes no sense.
So they pay taxes to the correct state, and offer insurance that is valid for medical establishments near you. Sometimes they mail physical letters in the mail.
Id simply put "none" in that box