Employers sometimes ask people applying for 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 these views and give your opinion.

Many
employers
raise
questions
including interests and
mariatal
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marital
status
especially
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for
women
. They generally believe that asking these
questions
might be easy to judge the
applicants
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applicant's
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loyalty towards the organisation. Some people agree
to
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with
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these
questions
and many are not in
favor
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favour
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of
such
questions
.
Employers
ask marital status
questions
generally to
women
applicants
to get an idea about their future holidays and commitment
towards
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to
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the company. There are many cases in sales type of jobs where married
women
are not
preffered
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preferred
. The major reason for
this
that
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is that
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employers
believe that married
women
can
comit
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commit
fully and eventually can not meet the desired targets.
Hence
, during the
interview
itself
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they are been rejected even if they have
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the caliber
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caliber
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calibre
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to do that
job
.
With
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the
employers
perspective,
these information
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this information
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are useful and relevant because they get an idea about the
applicants
. If
any
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an
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applicant is more involved
into
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in
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hobbies
and
have
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has
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quit past jobs due to
this
,
may be
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maybe
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concluded by tagging them as "non-fit" for the future company as well.
However
, these
questions
are not really relevant for any
job
interview
. No one can make a decision to hire or
no
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not
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based on
such
questions
. The major factor for
job
applicants
is to crack the
interview
with their
caliber
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calibre
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and not with their marital status or
hobbies
. There are different relevant factors which are more important than
hobbies
such
as education, past experience, salary expectations, skills and knowledge about the subject, etc. But, these days
first
round of
interview
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interviews
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mainly includes asking about
hobbies
and other personal information. In my opinion, these personal details are not applicable for any
job
interviews.
Instead
, other major factors are more important to crack any
interview
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • job application
  • personal information
  • hobbies and interests
  • marital status
  • relevant
  • useful
  • privacy
  • assessing candidates
  • qualifications
  • experience
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