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Interesting, I'd be curious to know whether any of these lawsuits were successful and to what extent changing the hiring process reduced them? I can imagine th
by jiggy2011 14y ago
Interesting, I'd be curious to know whether any of these lawsuits were successful and to what extent changing the hiring process reduced them?
I can imagine that regardless of your hiring procedure you may get people who feel sour about not being picked and will take some action.
As far as I was aware in most jurisdictions you can reject a candidate for basically any reason you like as long as it isn't related to race , gender or one of the other protected classes.
Rejecting a candidate because their resume is poorly written (suggesting poor communication skills or poor attention to detail) doesn't seem like it should be something which would be controversial and I'd certainly be curious what argument could be made to a court that it should be otherwise?
- steven777400 14y agoI have a feeling it's more of a CYA from the HR folks than something that is actually necessary. I don't know for sure. edit: I worked at another government agency in this same state before, and the hiring procedures were not quite as strict (we could evaluate resumes more holistically), so I think it's probably just this HR department.
- powertower 14y ago> Interesting, I'd be curious to know whether any of these lawsuits were successful and to what extent changing the hiring process reduced them? The effects of this are very well known... Instead of hiring the best person for the job, you end up hiring the person who meets the minimum qualifications (which are lowered greatly in the process). Then mediocrity, bureaucracy, and incompetence takes over the place. Further, a system of red-tape is created to hold it all together.