A Friday Rant (and Offer of Assistance)

Knowing what should and should not be asked on an application is common sense, right? You don't ask about all of the EEO protected statuses like race, color, age, disability, ethnicity, sex, religion, and national origin. And shouldn't it be obvious not to ask about other personal information like "Do you plan on having children?" (if you're a woman or a man) or "Are you married?" or what about birth order or the direct question of "How old are you?" Ugh. I have seen it all, and frankly, I am disappointed that some employers do not know any better.

It reminds of my time in HR when I attended a Workers Compensation seminar and someone there actually asked if they really needed to have WC insurance. What?! At least the person was there to learn the proper answer to their question. Absolutely, you should have workers compensation insurance.

In this day in age, I would hope that there would be better compliance with the laws because it is impossible to say you can't find the rules now that there are so many HR blogs and websites and government agencies on the web that provide everything you need to know to do it right.

Anyhow, my point today is that as the summer job recruiting season gets going, please feel free to utilize the group of us at CoolWorks.com to help you determine if you're doing it right. This can be anything from "Is my employment advertisement attractive enough to garner any interest?," to "Is my employment application compliant?," to improving your hiring process and job candidate's experience by using our applicant tracking system called Staffing Center, and more. Plus, I would be willing to bet that if we don't know the answer, we probably have a resource that does. We're here to help.