Human Resource Management
Individual Final Case Analysis
Diversity in Hiring
The topic I have chosen is diversity in hiring. The topic is very detailed. It relates to what you can and cannot say during a job interview. Federal and state laws prohibit prospective employers from asking certain questions that are not related to the job they are hiring for. Questions should be job-related and not used to find out personal information. In a nutshell, employers should not be asking about your race, gender, religion, marital status, age, disabilities, ethnic background, country of origin, or sexual preferences. Employers should not ask about any of these, because to not hire a candidate because of any one of them is discriminatory. I hope to get a better understanding of the interviewing process, from both the interviewer and interviewees point of view. Since, I have only been on the side of the interviewee. I find it quite interesting to see how a company goes about preparing for interviews. I do know that I have gone to a few interviews unprepared and found it to be very hard to get through.
The video was very informative. I have heard about people taping themselves doing an interview, before they go out on one. After seeing this video I find it to be a great concept. Why, you ask? This video really brought out a lot of items that I do not believe your average interviewee would know how to answer if they didn’t do the pre-video interview. I think the phone interview is becoming a great concept. You don’t know what the person looks like, it’s a more relaxed setting, and you cannot judge by appearance.
Upon watching the video I found a lot of discriminatory questions coming from the interviewers, specifically Paul. His interviewing skills were very poor and he had his mind made up the minute Sonya sat down. Unfortunately, the long history of research on the employment interview suggests that, without proper care, it can be unreliable, low in...
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