Employer sometimes ask people applying for the jobs for personal information, such as their hobbies and interests and whether they are married or single. Some people say that this information may be relevant and useful. Others disagree. Discuss both view and give your opinion.

One of the debatable issues in the

job

market relates to whether

recruiter

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the recruiter

a recruiter

recruiters

should acquire

information

about the applicant`s personal life,

for example

their past time activities and marital status or not. In

this

essay I am going to examine

this

question from both sides of the argument and

then

I will give my own perspective

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on

this

matter. The

first

reason why the potential employees are asked about their personal life is because, by knowing about the potential hire`s leisure time activities, the human resource department can decide whether he or she will be the best-fit for the company or not. In most cases, if an individual`s passion matches the

job

interest, he or she will be more committed to the organization.

Additionally

, in some

cases employer

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cases, employer

receives

information

about the employee’s marital status and

therefore

can estimate the employee retention rate. To illustrate, if a position requires to travel frequently might not be an appropriate choice for a married person.

However

, there are some drawbacks of asking personal

information

to the

job

seekers.

Firstly

, after knowing about the applicant`s personal interests the interviewer might take judgmental decisions.

For instance

, if the interviewer and interviewee have same sport preferences,

then

employer

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the employer

might get biased and perform wrong recruitments. Another crucial point is that, many people may have strong privacy concern and

thus

not willing to share those in public. As a consequence, the employer will miss the opportunity to appoint those who might be the well fit for the company in the long run. In conclusion, I believe both sides have

merits

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merit

. On balance,

however

, I feel that the organization should not have

applicant`s personal

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the applicant`s personal information

information

.

This

is because,

this

knowledge will not only create discrimination toward the

job

seekers but

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seekers, but

also

the company will lose many applicants due to the confidentiality policy.