Reference no: EM132241570

A position is open in your department, and you have been presented with three candidates for consideration. All are equally qualified. They are:

1) A young woman, 19 years old, who has one child and who is separated from her husband.

2) A woman, 31 years old, who has been unsuccessfully seeking work for several months and whose husband is disabled.

3) The daughter of a fellow employee. This young lady actually desires to get into a different department, but would like to have this job until there is an opening in the department of her choice.

Much of the little you know about the first two candidates is forbidden information that you are not allowed to ask for on an application or in an interview. However, the candidates themselves volunteered this information. What you know about the third person came to you from the fellow employee who wants you to hire her daughter.

Questions:

What are the points of forbidden in formation referred to? Why are you not allowed to solicit this information?

What are some potential problems with hiring any of the three?

Under what circumstances would you be likely to rule out all three candidates?