Assignment

Question 1

You are responsible for recruitment of drivers for a division of your company which delivers pharmaceutical products to hospitals.

The hiring manager wants you to ask each and every applicant how they would get to work each day as well as to obtain for him the year and model of the car that they drive and the mileage on the applicant's vehicle despite the fact that employees do NOT use their own vehicle on the job and are supplied with a Company vehicle for deliveries.

Is this an acceptable employment inquiry? Why? Or why not?

Question 2

Succession Planning

For the position you currently hold:

Is there an employee in your organization who can assume your position if you are promoted or transferred?

If yes, how did the person develop the skills and abilities necessary to do your job?

If no, what would need to be done to successfully prepare an individual(s) to assume your current role?

Question 3

You are hiring an individual to answer a "Customer Service" line on weekends. This employee basically just responds to consumer questions from a script.

On your application for employment form there is a question which asks:

"Have you ever been arrested? If so, specify for what and the result."

The person you want to hire, who is the best candidate (and a minority) responded on the application:

"I was arrested and convicted of possession of marijuana twenty five years ago. I successfully completed two years on Probation for the offense."

1. Is it legal to ask someone whether they have been arrested on an employment application?

2. Should you hire this individual?