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Using your EIN allows for you to continue to build business credit; that is why the recommendation.
It has nothing to do with approval, as that will still be based off of your personal credit history.

Regards,
CorpCons08

It often times depends on the creditor.
Most will report to the business credit to help build a stronger credit history for you.
If you are late or default, then you best realize that your personal credit will be hit too.

It's basically the difference between identifying yourself (social security number) or the corporation (employer ID number). When you use the EIN of the corporation, you allow the corporation to build its own credit and stand alone as a business entity. Whenever you use your SSN, it's tied to you individually, not the corporation.
-M

Precisely, however, you must understand that almost all business credit cards have a personal guarantee requirement which means reports will be made to your personal credit as well if you miss payments or default on the card.