Interviewing and Hiring Practices

Overview/Description
 This course is intended to teach learners how to exercise sound judgment in the hiring and interviewing process. Not many companies nowadays specify discriminatory characteristics either directly or openly in an advertisement, unless these are required by a bona fide occupational qualification. Your advertising medium, the questions you ask on forms, what you discuss in company publications, and your interview questions combine to create an impression of you and your organization. It may happen, unintentionally, that your recruiting, interviewing, and hiring processes illegally or unfairly discriminate against "protected" individuals or minority groups. It may also happen that your company communicates the wrong message unintentionally. This course helps to recognize aspects of discrimination in advertising and other recruitment materials, and how to avoid the use of discriminatory language. The course also highlights employers' legal obligations regarding discrimination and other recruitment issues, and the importance of basing your recruitment decisions on a valid business reason or a bona fide occupational qualification. SkillSoft's Legal Compliance courses are developed and maintained with subject matter support provided by the Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Law Group of the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA.

Target Audience
 HR professionals, members of management with hiring responsibility

Expected Duration
1.0 hours

Lesson Objectives:

The Hiring Process

  • identify an employer's responsibilities regarding antidiscrimination legislation during the hiring process.
  • identify examples of hiring policies that ensure workplace diversity.
  • recognize examples of legal and illegal job advertisement text.
  • identify preoffer employment testing procedures that violate nondiscrimination practice.
  • identify the procedures used to avoid negligence in the hiring process.
  • recognize the benefits of conducting background checks on prospective employees.

    • Interviews and Making Job Offers

  • identify interview techniques that comply with nondiscriminatory hiring regulations.
  • identify the correct procedures to follow during the different stages of a job offer.
  • identify the value of following the correct procedures when making a job offer.

    • Compliance and Reporting Requirements

  • identify the importance of complying with employment equality legislation.
  • identify record-keeping requirements related to the hiring process.
  • identify the legal requirements associated with requesting a consumer report on a job candidate.
  • identify the benefits of adhering to the Fair Credit Reporting Act's hiring guidelines.

    • Course Number: LCO0118