http://www.fordyceletter.com/2009/01/08/7-signs-of-an-illegal-pre-employment-test/ Straight Talk for the Recruiting Profession Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.fordyceletter.com/2009/01/08/7-signs-of-an-illegal-pre-employment-test/comment-page-1/#comment-3367 Dave Staats Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:55:44 +0000 http://www.fordyceletter.com/?p=900#comment-3367 The whole area of employment law is just plain comical. I cannot imagine a legal pre-employment test based on these criteria. I also cannot imagine a legal screening question. It feels like we are rapidly approaching the time when getting jobs the way Kramer and George Costanza did on Seinfeld will be the norm. Just show up and start working...It feels like it is almost illegal to not hire anyone who applies..(which I used to do anyhow but have finally cured myself). The whole area of employment law is just plain comical. I cannot imagine a legal pre-employment test based on these criteria. I also cannot imagine a legal screening question. It feels like we are rapidly approaching the time when getting jobs the way Kramer and George Costanza did on Seinfeld will be the norm. Just show up and start working…It feels like it is almost illegal to not hire anyone who applies..(which I used to do anyhow but have finally cured myself).

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