Ed, > > You mean as in the difference between "correct" and "politically > > correct". I keep getting the two so confused.
> It has nothing to do with "politically correct". It has > to do with "legally correct". Except that they are joined at the hip, with the politicians making the laws. > If you interview someone for a software job and as part of the > interview ask them for their opinions on stuff like the Iraq > war, you have opened up a legal hornet's nest, and exposed your company to > lawsuits. Part of my job at Rackspace is interviewing > potential hires, and before I could do that, I had to go through several hours > of legal training on this, because if I did something stupid like ask a > candidate about politics, I would be exposing the company to a huge > liability. > Be smart about it. Find job-related questions and stick > to those. You can certainly get a feel for the sort of personality a candidate has > without resorting to breaking anti-discrimination laws. I've participated in hiring for large companies too, and in that capacity understood the need to behave strictly in accordance with the owners wishes and the law. I wouldn't argue this. But Mike is running a small business, as am I, and when us little guys hire we're putting a lot on the line, so it's presumably more of a process then sitting in an office with a list of sanitized questions. Maybe we'll go to dinner, or a bar, or a barbeque, whatever, just to get to know the person, and perhaps his/her family, better. It's during this 'getting to know you' process that all kinds of things are discussed. I made this suggestion, originally, because I spotted an easy way to determine something about a person's basic attitude. Sure, there are other ways. Bill > It ain't that difficult to do. > > -- Ed Leafe _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
