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Tips for Avoiding Illegal Interview Questions

The interviewing process can be tricky. It is important to ask questions that will provide enough information to determine which candidate is best suited for the job, while staying within the federal guidelines of what you are allowed to ask. As you may know, the federal government prohibits employers from making hiring decisions on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, disability, veteran status, national origin, age, political …Read More

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Criminal Records & Employment (Part 2): Save Yourself a Legal Battle and Don’t Discriminate!

In the previous blog, I spoke about ways that employers can make the entire background checking process easier and less stressful for potential applicants. In this entry, we are going to go over some of the more nitty gritty details about discriminating against an employee based on their criminal history.
Here are some quick stats:

Every year more than 700,000 people are released from U.S. prisons looking for work
Millions of Americans – one in …Read More

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