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 own opinion.

The job providers usually demand
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private information including applicants’
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activities or their relationship status which can be considered
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irrelevant by some, beneficial and necessary by others. As far as I’m concerned, asking for
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amount of personal information appeals
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and nonsense. In
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opinions and provide my point of view in detail.
First
of all, from the eyes of an employer, it might seem like a vital process to get to know their employees well in case
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problems they may face in the future.
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, an employee who has just married has a higher possibility of having a baby in the near future than a single one which will force the employer both to provide enough money for that new parent and to search for a novel temporary worker.
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respect
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humankind’s privacy. I reckon, everyone must have a right to decide on what to share with others and what to keep for themselves.
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, it is not logical to choose an employee based on one’s hobbies and interests due to the fact that it might create an unconscious bias.
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, a boss who wants a colleague fitting to his own thinking style
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undoubtfully doesn’t care about experiences or skills that applicants have which in fact
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significant.
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hire an unskillful person but
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, he creates an unfair situation for other applicants. To sum up, when all the above-mentioned opinions are taken into consideration, for me, it’s better not to ask
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amount of personal information as well as to respect every individual’s
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even in job interviews.
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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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