Employers sometimes ask people applying for jobs for personal information, such as their hobbies and insterets 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 opinion.

In most

companies

,

employers

who handled the interview and other job selection phases usually

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for various and

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personal data

such

as whether they were taken or not or even about their most

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activity during their leisure time. Reacting to

this

fact, many

people

disagree because they don’t see any urgency for

employers

to collect those data.

This

statement,

however

, is debatable

due to

a number of

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.

This

essay will discuss why some personal data are really important to be collected by

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employers

.

Firstly

,

companies

, especially

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big

one

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, tend to have strict selection criteria. The

applicants

that

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admitted are those who suit the

company

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needs and

also

have

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good track

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in

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past.

Therefore

, asking

applicants

some personal question are being used by

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of

companies

around the world for background check purposes.

For instance

, by asking about

applicants

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social media,

companies

can track their history of social media usage including their past tweets, photos, and many more.

Secondly

, applying to some

companies

is the same as meeting new

people

.

Employers

always think that the

applicants

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a

stranger

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because they have never met them before.

Therefore

, asking for

a personal information

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is a natural way for

employers

to get to know their

applicants

better.

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the previous stage,

employers

only have limited knowledge about their

applicants

. For technical purposes,

however

,

employers

must know some specific information

such

as

interest

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and field of knowledge. By asking those personal questions directly,

employers

can determine which

applicants

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is

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most suitable for them. In conclusion,

people

, especially job

applicants

, often feel annoyed when they have been asked about their private information. But, for a good reason, we have to admit that

companies

also

have their own considerations before accepting

applicants

. I think, by asking some direct private question, as long as it is not

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confidential

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,

companies

can be better off in terms of selecting the right

people

for them.