Business: Handicaps in the Hiring

Constricted job interviews leave many questions unasked

How old are you? Are you healthy? Have you ever been arrested for any crime? Do your religious beliefs make it difficult for you to work on Fridays, weekends or holidays? Do you have or are you planning to have children?

Like private detectives, corporate hiring officers are paid to be nosy. But many interview questions, like all those listed above, are now effectively off limits in job interviews. Personnel officials must manage to avoid sometimes sensitive subjects like race, religion, marital status and arrest records, or...

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