A small yet growing number of companies are requiring workers to sign mandatory
arbitration agreements as a condition of employment, the Associated Press reports.
"Employers and their hiring managers are often so concerned about what
they can’t ask in an interview that they’re unable to focus
on effective, legitimate questions that can help them make the right hiring
decision," says attorney and HR consultant Jodie-Beth Galos.
The phenomenon of the boomerang employee - a worker who leaves and returns to an employer - is occurring more frequently, according to the New York Times.
"There are issues that can arise if you hire employees with dangerous or violent propensities," notes a partner in a law firm specializing in labor law. "Negligent hiring is where the company breaches its duty of care."
Call it "style analysis" or the more traditional "personality test," but by whatever name you choose, employers are increasingly using tests to gain glimpses into applicants' character traits.
More than two-thirds of the HR professionals voting in last week's HR.BLR.com poll said they disagreed with a Florida employer's decision to hold open an entry-level HR job for Noelle Bush, who had been arrested the night before her starting date on prescription drug fraud charges.
Ask HR professionals about their worst job interviews, and you'll get tales of applicants with everything from bad attitudes and repulsive personal habits to propensities for talking to walls or gleefully disclosing that they last worked as prostitutes.
