On Monday, September 14, 2015 at 7:28:12 PM UTC-4, Bolwerk wrote:   
      
   > Maybe secondarily it has just gotten easier to detect such traits in   
   > resumes with HRIS (HR information system) search tools, and HR is the   
   > natural choice in a large organization for using such tools.  A likely   
   > source of problems is HR people using such systems to find the wrong   
   > criteria in candidate profiles.   
      
   The media has reported that employers these days require a battery of tests   
   from applicants; tests that take up a great deal of time that applicants might   
   not have.   
      
   I can't help but wonder if some of this is coming from a "CYA" mindset, where   
   employers are seeking legal cover in case they have to fire someone, or answer   
   to failing to meet hiring quotas.   
      
   As an aside, SEPTA had a long legal battle over how it hired its police   
   officers.  It had a demanding physical test that many (but not all) women   
   failed, and women claimed it was discriminatory.  (It seemed to me a cop in an   
   urban subway, with numerous    
   steps and tunnels, would need superior physical capability).  I don't know how   
   the case resolved, if it even resolved, it kept being appealed.  The point is   
   that someone could come up with a supposedly objective measuring tool, and   
   someone else will    
   litigate it if they don't like the outcome.   
      
      
   The issue of "fitting in" to a particular workplace culture is very important,   
   but I don't think H/R is qualified to judge that (again, unless the company is   
   very regimented).  Any large organization has different cultures in different   
   departments,    
   indeed, even within a single large department there may be different cultures   
   in sub-units.  For example, the work atmosphere in the accounts-payable   
   section may be very different than that in the payroll section, even though   
   both are accounting units.   
      
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