Companies nowadays prefer to gather personal information from the candidates applying for a job, which includes marital status, interests, and hobbies. Although believed by many that such information may be relevant and useful to hire a perfect candidate, but, few people think that personal information must not be revealed to the employer because it may result in discrimination in the hiring process. This essay will discuss both the views, however, in my opinion, disclosure of such information does not affect the hiring process and helps the employer make a better choice over a number of candidates.
On the one hand, it is perceived by many that capturing the private information of candidates who are applying for jobs gives the free hand to the hiring managers, to hire the candidate of their own interest. However, it is important to understand that the hiring manager will be able to hire a person of personal interest only if he is aware of the place where the candidates belong to, or the cast of the candidate, but having information only about the hobbies, interest and marital status does not allows the recruiting manager to take a biased decision. A recent survey by Economic Times suggests that the companies who do not seek personal information from the candidates have a 10% higher attrition rate. So in my opinion, the belief that employer having availed the personal information may bias the recruiting process is not valid.
On the other hand, the hiring managers ask the candidates for personal information to make the best choice out of the pool of candidates. Firstly, seeking personal information such as interest and hobbies reveals the nature of the person and reveals more about the personality of the candidate. Such as, someone having a habit of reading novels must be a person who likes to be surrounded by books. Secondly, asking for the marital status helps the hiring manager to make a decision according to the requirement of the role, as the role might include a lot of traveling which is generally not preferred by the married candidates, and may result in disinterest from the job. Times now interview with top recruiting agencies shows that the hiring managers who seek personal information from candidates have been able to recruit more successful candidates with an attrition rate of less than 10%. In my opinion, employers who ask the private information of the candidates successfully hire a better person according to the roles and responsibility of the position.
To conclude, hiring managers availing subjective information in advance, from the candidates applying for job opportunities should not be seen as a way of dissolving transparency of the hiring procedure, as it helps employers bring the best resources to the company.
Companies
nowadays prefer to gather
personal
information
from the
candidates
applying for a
job
, which includes marital status,
interests
, and hobbies. Although believed by
many
that such
information
may be relevant and useful to
hire
a perfect
candidate
,
but
, few
people
think
that
personal
information
must
not
be revealed
to the
employer
because
it may result in discrimination in the
hiring
process. This essay will discuss both the views,
however
, in my opinion, disclosure of such
information
does not affect the
hiring
process and
helps
the
employer
make
a better choice over a number of candidates.
On the one hand, it
is perceived
by
many
that capturing the private
information
of
candidates
who
are applying for
jobs
gives the free hand to the
hiring
managers
, to
hire
the
candidate
of their
own
interest
.
However
, it is
important
to understand that the
hiring
manager
will be able to
hire
a
person
of
personal
interest
only
if he is aware of the place where the
candidates
belong to, or the cast of the
candidate
,
but
having
information
only
about the hobbies,
interest
and marital status does not
allows
the recruiting
manager
to take a biased decision. A recent survey by Economic Times suggests that the
companies
who
do not seek
personal
information
from the
candidates
have a 10% higher attrition rate.
So
in my opinion, the belief that
employer
having availed the
personal
information
may bias the recruiting process is not valid.
On the other hand
, the
hiring
managers
ask the
candidates
for
personal
information
to
make
the best choice out of the pool of
candidates
.
Firstly
, seeking
personal
information
such as
interest
and hobbies reveals the nature of the
person
and reveals more about the personality of the
candidate
. Such as, someone having a habit of reading novels
must
be a
person
who
likes to
be surrounded
by books.
Secondly
, asking for the marital status
helps
the
hiring
manager
to
make
a decision according to the requirement of the role, as the role might include
a lot of
traveling which is
generally
not preferred by the married
candidates
, and may result in disinterest from the
job
. Times
now
interview with top recruiting agencies
shows
that the
hiring
managers
who
seek
personal
information
from
candidates
have been able to recruit more successful
candidates
with an attrition rate of less than 10%. In my opinion,
employers
who
ask the private
information
of the
candidates
successfully
hire
a better
person
according to the roles and responsibility of the position.
To conclude
,
hiring
managers
availing subjective
information
in advance, from the
candidates
applying for
job
opportunities should not be
seen
as a way of dissolving transparency of the
hiring
procedure, as it
helps
employers
bring the best resources to the
company
.