Increasing competition among companies has left a little margin for error, urging them to invest huge amount of money in human resource department to higher the most suitable candidates to job. In order to do that some companies acquire information related to the personal life of potential employees, such as their area of interest, hobbies and marital status. Some people think that this information is suitable and helpful while others think otherwise. I tend to discuss both school of thoughts and share my opinion.
In the first place, people who hail from the first school of thought believe that a candidate’s personal organizational skills reflect on his professional life as well. For instance, a persona having constructive hobbies and positive interests would develop an optimistic approach in every aspect of life. This can be further explained by the example of a person, playing cricket as a hobby would have much better inter-personal skills compared to someone who consumes his spare time in playing video games. This information is quite helpful for recruiters to assign a particular role to the suitable candidate.
Furthermore, marital status of a person provides very vital information at times to the employers. An individual leading a successful married life shows the ability of emotional stability and would be best suitable for the roles requiring mature minded personnel. Seeking such information makes life of human resource people much easier.
On the flip-side of it, people who advocate the thought that asking for personal information does not help the cause often support their argument with the idea, that having in-depth details of professional and academic achievements available, of a potential employee, should be sufficient to decide the suitability of the candidates with the vacant position. So, employers need not to be concerned about what their employees do in their personal time?
As far as my personal opinion is concerned, I strongly believe that seeking the personal information helps the recruiters to streamline their search for a most appropriate candidate for the particular vacant position they have.
Increasing competition among
companies
has
left
a
little
margin for error, urging them to invest huge amount of money in human resource department to higher the most
suitable
candidates
to job. In order to do that
some
companies
acquire
information
related to the
personal
life
of potential employees, such as their area of interest, hobbies and marital status.
Some
people
think
that this
information
is
suitable
and helpful while others
think
otherwise
. I tend to discuss both school of thoughts and share my opinion.
In the
first
place,
people
who hail from the
first
school of
thought
believe that a
candidate’s
personal
organizational
skills
reflect on his professional
life
as well
.
For instance
, a persona having constructive hobbies and
positive
interests would develop an optimistic approach in every aspect of
life
. This can be
further
explained
by the example of a person, playing cricket as a hobby would have much better inter-personal
skills
compared to someone who consumes his spare time in playing video games. This
information
is quite helpful for recruiters to assign a particular role to the
suitable
candidate.
Furthermore
, marital status of a person provides
very
vital
information
at times to the employers. An individual leading a successful married
life
shows
the ability of emotional stability and would
be best
suitable
for the roles requiring mature minded personnel. Seeking such
information
makes
life
of human resource
people
much easier.
On the flip-side of it,
people
who advocate the
thought
that asking for
personal
information
does not
help
the cause
often
support their argument with the
idea
, that having in-depth
details
of professional and academic achievements available, of a potential employee, should be sufficient to decide the suitability of the
candidates
with the vacant position.
So
, employers need not to
be concerned
about what their employees do in their
personal
time?
As far as my
personal
opinion
is concerned
, I
strongly
believe that seeking the
personal
information
helps
the recruiters to streamline their search for a most appropriate
candidate
for the particular vacant position they have.