Employers sometimes ask people applying for jobs for personal information, such as their hobbies and interests comma and whether they are married or single. some people say that this information may be relevant and useful, others disagree. Discuss both views and give your own opinion.

These days a common prerequisite for filling almost every vacant

position

in different companies is an interview. Oftentimes, in these interviews, employers ask a range of questions from your age, your marital status to your qualifications and your health.

many

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Many

say that these questions may give employers a hint of what their employees-to-be are like, while others disagree and say that these questions are violating people's right to privacy. In

this

essay, I will discuss both views as well as provide my own insight into the matter. On one hand, those who think these questions are helpful believe that

such

information will help employers have a better understanding of their staff.

For example

, when it is time to make tough decisions like, who to send to an important meeting, or who to assign to a particular project knowing marital status and interests would be of significant help.

On the other hand

, others say that

this

information might prevent someone with high qualifications to be recruited for a particular

position

.

For example

, if someone is married and has children may be rejected as an applicant for a safety inspection officer at a multinational

corporate

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corporation

only because the employer believes that married men cannot easily part with family to go on business trips to different parts of the world, which is not always the case. I,

however

, am of the opinion that companies should be banned to enquire about personal matters and be allowed to do so only in certain circumstances in which it is relevant to the

position

in question.

For instance

, if

caretakers

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the caretakers

are being recruited for a junior high school, care must be taken to hire only candidates who are married in order to lower the risks of molestation and sexual harassment.

However

, if library bookkeepers are being interviewed to fill a

position

, asking personal questions

such

as their hobbies or leisure activities is definitely inappropriate. To sum up, some believe asking personal questions would enable employers and human resources officers to make better decisions later, while others disagree, saying

this

information may lead to unfair rejection at times. I argued that law-passing bodies should allow entities to ask personal questions only in certain situations.