Recruitment Gone Mad !
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A HARDWARE store seeking new staff asked job applicants to dance to the Jackson Five’s Blame It On The Boogie before answering formal questions during a job interview.
One person involved described the process as “humiliating and embarrassing”.
Candidates for positions with an IT company were reportedly taken to dinner and assessed on their manners - if they put salt or pepper on their food before tasting it they were automatically rejected.
And an accounting firm made prospective employees take part in a game of volleyball to see how good they were at team work.
As companies try to find the best staff - and to stand out as fun and innovative employers - job candidates are being asked to do increasingly weird things at job interviews.
And as a result job hunters are left feeling uncomfortable and confused, and some feel they’re being discriminated against.
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November 23rd, 2007 at 11:08 am
What if one of Logic’s Clients, required a Logic candidate to undertake these sorts of interview techniques…ie what is Logic’s policy
November 23rd, 2007 at 2:55 pm
Hi Jason,
Thanks for the question it certainly is a good one.
Logic Recruitment have a strong culture of service at both Client and Candidate level.
In the first instance we would need to determine if our Client is employing a discriminatory practice or if they are employing an unusual practice in relation to their recruitment processes.
If the practice was found to be discriminatory we would strongly advise against the practise to which they are about to undertake. Failing that we would have no problem refusing to submit any of our candidates for the position for which they were trying to fill.
If the practice was found to be unusual we would fully inform any candidates we felt would fit the requirements of our client before arranging an interview on their behalf.
At Logic we believe that transparency is key to success