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Pepsi Beverages will pay $3.1 million to resolve EEOC charges that it discriminated against minorities when it refused to hire applicants with arrest records.
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Q. We’re considering using an online pre-employment screening test designed to determine if an applicant is the right fit for our business. Are there any...
You interview an applicant. You offer her the job. But it’s conditional on her passing the pre-employment physical exam. So far, so legal. You send her to a...
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The legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations 150 years ago this month—put out to pasture by the transcontinental telegraph. Since November 1861 when the...
Filling a job opening can be tricky if there are several great candidates. You can separate the best from the rest by changing up the usual interview questions. Here...
A lot of factors go into hiring the best possible candidate for a job, including experience, education and employment stability. Those are all legitimate reasons to...
