Organization: The Software Sweatshop, Cleveland, Ohio USA
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In article <1992Nov22.010912.10552@en.ecn.purdue.edu>
krauskop@en.ecn.purdue.edu writes:
> (Warren Vonroeschlaub) writes:
> > I thought I would mention that, at least it in New York, it is
> > illegal to give
> >a test to prospective employees before hiring them.
> >
> > We got into alot of trouble at the contracting firm when
> >we tested prospective
> >employees to make sure they really knew how to use AutoCad. A few weeks later > >we found one of the people who was turned down (to be exact he knew squat,
> >regardless of what his resume said) complained to one of the government
> >agencies.
> >
>
> Heh. That should be a piece of cake to get around. Just pay them $5.00
> (for their time) as a contract employee to take the test. Note that I
> do not have a company in New York nor do I know about any loopholes in
> this law, but it does seem to solve the problem.
I don't doubt Warren's story, but my bogometer just hit TILT. I know
New York is a weird state, but I just have a hard time believing they
have a blanket ban on pre-employment skill tests. Is there any more
to this story?
Followups to misc.jobs.misc, please!
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