why would an agent want this info..

[SteelyDan]

Agent calls wanting to put me fwd for a role in the City, but asks me to send him:

• The day and month of my birth
• The last 3 digits of my NI number

I haven't provided it to him. I'm puzzled, but cautious, as I've never come across this particular request. Any ideas?

[Mr.Whippy]

Never come across this request before.... Personally, I'd be wary and tell them to do one unless they told me exactly why they need it.

Anyone know if there is a way to work out the birth year from NI number? Like you can with your driving license number?

[nomadd]

Agent calls wanting to put me fwd for a role in the City, but asks me to send him:

• The day and month of my birth
• The last 3 digits of my NI number

I haven't provided it to him. I'm puzzled, but cautious, as I've never come across this particular request. Any ideas?

Usually it's because the agent has to fill in a daft form (or web page) as part of the clients HR procedure. They won't accept the cv without this info.

Best to check with the agent, though.

[MrRobin]

It's usually to generate a unique (hopefully) key / password for some sort of timesheet or other HR system.

(I bet it's Fieldgalss)

[achilles]

I would not give this information to an agent just for my CV to be put forward to a client. No agent has ever asked me for this prior to job offer.

[craig1]

There is a good bit of paranoia now among agents with some of the more unscrupulous agents pretending to be candidates to get a sniff of the role. It may be a bit of a check to see if a fake candidate might still want to give up info.

Thinking about it though, it would make a very amusing call to hear a fake candidate applying for a fake role, both playing each other looking for leads

[Sockpuppet]

Just send it.

The last 3 digits are not really used in the NI number any more.

[SueEllen]

Just send it.

The last 3 digits are not really used in the NI number any more.

You can make them up.

I know a few people who have made up data for things like this.

If you are then asked you can tell the truth of why you made it up.

[TheFaQQer]

You can make them up.

I know a few people who have made up data for things like this.

If you are then asked you can blame the agency and make them look incompetent.

FTFY

[eek]

You can make them up.

I know a few people who have made up data for things like this.

If you are then asked you can blame the agency and confirm they are incompetent.

FTFBothY