Employers making hiring decisions should be able to feel confident that they’re doing so armed with sufficient information about their prospect. If you feel as though a prospect is attempting to deceive you about their identity, it may make you want to reconsider whether or not they’re a person you can trust for your position.
These searches can also simply help for the purpose of completing accurate paperwork that you submit to the Social Security Administration upon hiring an employee. W-2s must have completely accurate names, dates of birth, SSNs and other information—a failure to file accurate W-2s could result in small fines to employers that you’d probably rather avoid paying.
