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8 Things Employers Aren't Allowed to Ask You
Investopedia via Yahoo Finance ^ | Sept. 10, 2010 | Porcshe Moran

Posted on 09/10/2010 5:33:16 AM PDT by jwparkerjr

The rough economy has made many people desperate for a job. In their eagerness for gainful employment, many people may overlook improper interview questions. Depending on how they are asked, questions about personal topics such as marital status, race and health are more than just poor manners - they are illegal under federal and some state and local laws

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To: jwparkerjr
My husband just started on a new job last week. He told me that on the appl. they can ask if you went to college but they can not ask if you got a degree or graduated, or ask for anything to verify you know your field of work.

He answered about past employment, but a couple mornings later the company he applied with called our house to talk to him to ask if he had worked for one of the companies he listed. I asked him why they didn't call that company and he didn't really know. I thought that was the strangest thing.

21 posted on 09/10/2010 6:00:50 AM PDT by YellowRoseofTx (Evil is not the opposite of God; it's the absence of God)
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To: jwparkerjr

Despite the rules and quotas, wise managers hire whom they want to and ignore the rest.


22 posted on 09/10/2010 6:02:20 AM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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To: shelterguy

“I hire a certain percentage of minorities.”

They are only referring to one race, just so you know.


23 posted on 09/10/2010 6:05:32 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: jwparkerjr
FTR, I am happy to answer ANY question anyone who wants me to do work for them wants to ask. And since I will never be their employee, they don't have to worry about what some do-gooder might think. I don't understand why businesses hire as many people as they do.

ML/NJ

24 posted on 09/10/2010 6:06:44 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: IMissPresidentReagan
An employer can't ask until AFTER extending a job offer if you are a citizen...

If the job has been advertised, a general job offer has been extended to those qualified. Unqualified may be rejected.

25 posted on 09/10/2010 6:07:34 AM PDT by JimRed (Excising a cancer before it kills us waters the Tree of Liberty too! TERM LIMITS, NOW AND FOREVER!)
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To: jwparkerjr

Most of those questions have been illegal to ask an applicant for 20 yrs or more (MSM is right on top of things as usual).
Interestingly, although they are not allowed to ask your race, a lot of employers are going to make a note if it in their records after meeting you (or at least their best guess from how you look) in order to comply with Affirmative Action and EEOC rules. (they are tracking how many people they interview of each color in order to defend themselves against lawsuits)


26 posted on 09/10/2010 6:09:40 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: BraveMan
Nobody wants an older (50+) person anymore . . .

Are you kidding? In general people under 50 are the ones who have been convinced they are "entitled."

ML/NJ

27 posted on 09/10/2010 6:09:47 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: jwparkerjr

Back in the 80’s , I was asked questions 1-6 ( 7 was obvious an d8 wouldn’t apply :-) ) all in the same interview :-)


28 posted on 09/10/2010 6:10:53 AM PDT by TheCipher
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To: BraveMan

It am surprised they would care about age for a contract position, if that is what you mean by rate. They don’t like to hire older employees because of medical costs and career path, but usually a contractor is just a body to do a job.

Maybe rates are down overall?


29 posted on 09/10/2010 6:13:18 AM PDT by proxy_user
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To: jwparkerjr
Employers cannot discount anyone from a job because of a physical or mental disability.
Mental disability - like being a liberal-progressive who destroyed America?
30 posted on 09/10/2010 6:22:52 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: AppyPappy

True dat.


31 posted on 09/10/2010 6:24:53 AM PDT by shelterguy
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To: shelterguy
The government is DEMANDING that I have a certain percentage of woman hours and that I hire a certain percentage of minorities.

My present contract was taken over by a company with all the proper "codewords". They new company is soup-sandwich.

32 posted on 09/10/2010 6:27:01 AM PDT by Sarajevo (You're jealous because the voices only talk to me.)
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To: oh8eleven

Here’s a good question: “What’s you philosophy on submission to authority?”


33 posted on 09/10/2010 6:38:09 AM PDT by aimhigh (True bitter clingers cling to their guns AND their bibles.)
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To: jwparkerjr
So...the "Age Discrimination" law passed in 1967 (43 years ago.)

In all that time, one must wonder a) how many cases of blatant age discrimination have in fact occured, b) how many have gone to court, c) how many were decided in favor of the plaintif.

Just using some fake numbers to fit my "opinion", I think it goes like this:
a)1,000
b).5
c).00001

Lots 'o luck old folk....lots o' luck!

34 posted on 09/10/2010 6:44:01 AM PDT by Logic n' Reason (What tagline??)
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To: ThePatrioticArtist

You can’t ask those things but you are required to have them fill out an I-9. You can’t tell them what they can use but there is a list and you can’t verify if any of it is true but you can cover your behind by having them.


35 posted on 09/10/2010 6:55:44 AM PDT by tiki
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To: shelterguy

The day they make “homosexual” a protected class, my newly gay self is signing up.


36 posted on 09/10/2010 6:58:28 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: dangerdoc

We cut down to 2 employees, our son and one other older man who only works 4 days a week.


37 posted on 09/10/2010 6:58:55 AM PDT by tiki
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To: jwparkerjr

Interesting, thank you for posting this!


38 posted on 09/10/2010 7:02:05 AM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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To: tiki

you didn’t ask him how old he is, did you?


39 posted on 09/10/2010 7:02:27 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: AppyPappy
The day they make “homosexual” a protected class, my newly gay self is signing up.

In the meantime, watch "Project Runway" to learn the appropriate mannerisms. Practice them and you'll get the job of your dreams!

40 posted on 09/10/2010 7:02:35 AM PDT by 3catsanadog (If healthcare reform is passed, 41 years old will be the new 65 YO.)
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