Up until very recently, most scholarship applications required you to include
your social security number. This is no longer a wise practice with all of the
identity theft that is going on. In fact, I was happy to note recently that one of
the applications that I was preparing for my students actually stated that they
would disqualify the candidate if a social security number was written anywhere
on the document.
This is definitely a sign in the right direction. Naturally, there are many
instances where many students have the same first and the last name. By
including your social security number, there was no doubt of your identity. With
more and more schools and colleges issuing a student ID number, the trend is
now shifting to using the student identification instead of the social security
number.
If every student and/or parent starts to call scholarship donors and expressing
concern about including a social security number, perhaps the movement will
catch on and more organizations will switch to the new use of a student ID
number.
Be cautious about sharing your social security number with just anyone. It is
simply inappropriate and maybe soon, it will be illegal to request a social
security number for identification. Slowly, I am contacting as many scholarship
donors as possible and requesting their applicants be protected as much as
possible.
The few contacts that I have had on the use of social security numbers on
scholarship applications has been small, but the potential for saving clients
money and heartache has been immense.
Be cautious and be safe.
your social security number. This is no longer a wise practice with all of the
identity theft that is going on. In fact, I was happy to note recently that one of
the applications that I was preparing for my students actually stated that they
would disqualify the candidate if a social security number was written anywhere
on the document.
This is definitely a sign in the right direction. Naturally, there are many
instances where many students have the same first and the last name. By
including your social security number, there was no doubt of your identity. With
more and more schools and colleges issuing a student ID number, the trend is
now shifting to using the student identification instead of the social security
number.
If every student and/or parent starts to call scholarship donors and expressing
concern about including a social security number, perhaps the movement will
catch on and more organizations will switch to the new use of a student ID
number.
Be cautious about sharing your social security number with just anyone. It is
simply inappropriate and maybe soon, it will be illegal to request a social
security number for identification. Slowly, I am contacting as many scholarship
donors as possible and requesting their applicants be protected as much as
possible.
The few contacts that I have had on the use of social security numbers on
scholarship applications has been small, but the potential for saving clients
money and heartache has been immense.
Be cautious and be safe.
April 30, 2008
Be Careful with Your Social Security Number
Be Careful with Your Social Security Number
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Just a few days ago, a student in my scholarship class came in with a very sad
story. She was a finalist for a local scholarship, but because she didn’t respond
to a phone call, she lost the opportunity to be interviewed. Ultimately, she lost
the potential for winning a two thousand five hundred dollar scholarship.
This student was nearly distraught because the reason that she did not
respond to the phone call was because she had gone over the minutes on her
cell phone. She was not able to makes calls nor was she able to retrieve
messages.
I want to impress upon you the importance of being available to answer both
phone calls and email messages. When you are applying for a scholarship,
there will, undoubtedly, be many very qualified applicants. The scholarship
donors simply do not have the time to make follow-up calls when they are
setting up scholarship interviews. They will move on to the next student on their
list.
This student was desperately in need of financial assistance, but not
responding to her phone messages cost her an unnecessary loss of a
scholarship.
story. She was a finalist for a local scholarship, but because she didn’t respond
to a phone call, she lost the opportunity to be interviewed. Ultimately, she lost
the potential for winning a two thousand five hundred dollar scholarship.
This student was nearly distraught because the reason that she did not
respond to the phone call was because she had gone over the minutes on her
cell phone. She was not able to makes calls nor was she able to retrieve
messages.
I want to impress upon you the importance of being available to answer both
phone calls and email messages. When you are applying for a scholarship,
there will, undoubtedly, be many very qualified applicants. The scholarship
donors simply do not have the time to make follow-up calls when they are
setting up scholarship interviews. They will move on to the next student on their
list.
This student was desperately in need of financial assistance, but not
responding to her phone messages cost her an unnecessary loss of a
scholarship.
May 6, 2008
Responding to Phone Calls
Responding to Phone Calls
