Originally posted by Book Review Team:
Kevin, you aren't kidding, are you?
Originally posted by Kevin Thompson:
In the past - when I have seen management and/or co-workers with lots of religious things/pictures of Jesus/Bibles on their desk/posters of bible quotes - I generally want NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE PEOPLE! Yuck!
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Originally posted by Kevin Thompson:
In the past - when I have seen management and/or co-workers with lots of religious things/pictures of Jesus/Bibles on their desk/posters of bible quotes - I generally want NOTHING TO DO WITH THESE PEOPLE! Yuck!
Matthew Phillips
I had job interview for a java developer position. These written qustions were on the employer's form:
1. Should women be allowed to work outside of the home?
2. Is the Bible accurate in the 6 day description of the creation of the world?
3. Should the federal goverment allow prayer in the public schools?
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."
Originally posted by Chad McGowan:
For some reason this reminded me of a quote from a classic movie:
"There are two kinds of people I can't stand in this world... People who are intolerant of other peoples cultures and the Dutch."
Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
I am in agreement with Jason on this one. If these questions will help an employer determine if you are the right fit for their corporate culture then why not ask them? By the same token, these questions helped you to see that this is not the right company for you.
"No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does."
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
By that logic, you should ask about race, marital status, etc. I mean, if they guy's a racist, he should just save everyone time and require race be on the resume, right?
I fail to see how asking these questions can help an employeer decide on an employee. Let's suppose the current company culture involves weekly bible discussions. The correct question to ask is, "We have weekly bible discussions. Would you be interested in participating? Would that offend you?" I'm all for indiect questions for seeing how people think, but for everything else, direct is the way to go.
--Mark
Matthew Phillips
Theodore Jonathan Casser
SCJP/SCSNI/SCBCD/SCWCD/SCDJWS/SCMAD/SCEA/MCTS/MCPD... and so many more letters than you can shake a stick at!
Why not see if the person is like to sexually harassh a co-worker by putting him/her in a room with a very flirtatous, scantily clad colleague?
Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
I'm not saying that I believe that these questions make good business sense. Discrimination is both a good and a bad thing.
Originally posted by Matthew Phillips:
If someone has a real concern about hiring me based on my race, religion, experience, etc., I want to know about it up front. I don't want to waste their time or mine working in that situation.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I fail to see how asking these questions can help an employeer decide on an employee.
--Mark
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
I'd like to live in a color blind world where we can ignore race altogether.
Originally posted by Mark Herschberg:
But they way to go about it is not to ask about their view of creationism but to say "Religion is important to us, what is your religious view." Indirect questions lead to misunderstandings and confusion.
Matthew Phillips
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Perhaps the company is involved in producing religious products (educational literature & software, audio, video, etc) and part of your job duties could be to QA the stuff in which case you have to know when the product would be defective from a religious point of view.
If you could have lunch with any of the following, who would it be:
A) Jesus
B)Moses
C)Ghandi
...
Mark Herschberg, author of The Career Toolkit
https://www.thecareertoolkitbook.com/
Originally posted by Simon Lee:
if it happened here (London) it would be headline news & the boss thrown in prison.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
What's the punishment for sexual harrasment?
Originally posted by Kevin Thompson:
I want nothing to do with these things:
1. Companies who ask Bible questions in interviews.
2. Co-workers with Jesus pictures and bible stuff all over their desks.
3. People who say they have been abducted by aliens.
4. People covered with homemade tatoos made in prison.
5. and so forth
[ February 10, 2003: Message edited by: Kevin Thompson ]
Originally posted by Theodore Casser:
having a cross or a picture of Jesus is appropriate, but to others (myself included) that's over the line.
What if the employer puts "The answers to the following questions will not affect the interview outcome" ?
Originally posted by Bear Bibeault:
Then why ask them in the first place?
bear
[ February 11, 2003: Message edited by: Bear Bibeault ]
1. Should women be allowed to work outside of the home?
2. Is the Bible accurate in the 6 day description of the creation of the world?
3. Should the federal goverment allow prayer in the public schools?
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