Why are employers asking such stupid questions in there Job Applications and generally requiring volumes of information for a $8 an hour job?

Well, considering that my first job was as a Nurse's Aide in a Home Health setting, which paid US $8.50 an hour, it was to make sure we had been been properly trained and weren't going to steal from or abuse clients. My second job was US $9.00 an hour as a Nurse's Aide in an old folks' home and the questions were even stupider..the lady asked me about 6 times if I was 18 or older (I was exactly 18 and told her as much every time, she had copies of my driver's license and social security card in front of her...)

because the employees don't know the difference between there and their.

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It is a case of demand and supply. When supply is more in the sense the number of job seeker is more the demand decreases. The employer scrutinizes to find the best one.

Excuses because they can, knowing the job market is tough and their money is your necessity. Controlling, you have to answer the stupid question or you wouldnt've applied. Invasive, because they have the key and you have no choice, unfortunately job market doesn't like it and its spiraling out of control losing its true purpose!

because maybe they have bad experiences before like hiring the wrong employee.....or maybe they just want to test the feedback from the applicants:)

You have to first understand the importance of job applications

http://hubpages.com/_9997/hub/Job-applications--is

We are working in an employer's market and almost all employers can afford to be very choosy.

my guess is that the employers have so many applicants applying for the job, that they are trying to make it easier for them to choose who they will hire. So they ask certain questions to get an idea of what type of employee you will be.

Because there's a lot less job available maybe and employers are looking for the best employees... even at an 8$ per hour paying job.

I'm going with the fact that it is not legal to give you one application for an $8 job and use another for an $100K job. Most states do not allow employers to discriminate like that so the application process defaults to knowing a great deal about the $8 person because a company can't take a chance on a $100K person. Besides nobody says you have to fill out everything!

Can you please give me a few examples of these so-called stupid questions? Thanks.

that is because they need to know who exactly they are hiring. Why would employer wants to hire someone that is not useful for their organization?

Secondly, it is useful for a record keeping purpose.

They treat an 8 dollar an hour job like its your life goal and want to make sure you're really ready to take on the responsibility!!! HAH! i wish they would just treat it like it is... a stepping stone filler job till you get on your feet. The sad part is, they are probably screening out their most reliable and long term employees because they aren't "motivated enough" to succeed in life. SUPRISE!!! that's who end up working 8 dollar an hour jobs their whole life!

My real beef is with no long being able to drop off resume's to the manager directly anymore. almost every business I've been to requests that you file an application online or email a resume... They're taking away charismatic people's ability to put their foot in the door and focusing on people that can fabricate the best resume. what a world....

Pooch, I would have to disagree with you on a credit check in the application process - and it not representing the information they're looking for. What information? Credit reports tell a lot about a person, whether you realize it or not..if they didn't...they're wouldn't be a billion dollar industry created as a part of the screening process...

We do credit reports all the time on our employee's whether they handle $$ or not? Why?

Plain and simple. How can one or anyone concentrate on their job when they're SKY high in debt!!?

or Do I need to worry about a KEY employee getting to work, when I see he/she is 3 month's PAST due on their car payment? by the same token..

if I did hire someone who's car was about to be "repo'd"...do I need to worry that my new $5,000 copier is going to end up at the pawn shop, while I'm at lunch? - (I know that's extreme, but Im sure you get the point.), so he/she can pay her bills?

Credit report's might not provide EVERY piece of information an employer is looking for...like you said....personality, etc...but it damn sure gives you an insight into a person's past and how they may or may not perform on the job.

It's the same reason co's do drug-tests..which I might add is the industry I'm in..the drug-screening biz...an employee on drug's is 80% more likely to steal....miss over 20 days of work a year....force company group health insurance policies to triple in 3 years...etc...

Our moto for drug screening? eliminate 95% of the problems before they hit the door...and thus, is the same reason we do credit checks. We want someone with a clear mind coming to work..not worrying about how they're going make the next 10 $25 ccard payments that are due.

Take care,

Tony

Jobs are in such high demand that employers can ask volumes of information in order to find the right candidate. I recently placed a job opening for a company I consult for on craigslist.org and recieved 300 applications in less than 24 hours. The position was for a graphic/web designer and was paying minimally.

Some of the applicants had 10-15 years in experience. I was shocked.

I ask the same question. If you also notice, on the bottom of most applications they say they may do a credit check as well. I don't agree with credit checks for a job. They claim that if you have bad credit it means you may be a bad employee. I don't agree. What if you got sick and have a whole bunch of unpaid medical bills- or what if you lost your job and couldn't pay your bills? It is a bunch of crap if you ask me.

I hope this fits or commiserates with EagleKiwi's sentiment. I too have been highly disgusted at the use of Kronos-Unicru personality tests given by major retailers to job applicants before they even get a chance to be interviewed. I think the media needs to get a jump on investigating the possibility that Unicru and employers who use it are exacerbating the continuing unemployment problems.

The questions that you believe are stupid are a part of a personality test. The employers want to see the type of person you are with the questions. For example, are you honest and trustworthy. Will you be dependable working for us and dedicated to the work assignment that you are provided. The questions seem to be unfair, but it is a process of elimination on what type of people the employer is looking to hire. I believe that the credit process in a background check is misunderstood. The information that they may be looking at does not represent the individual in a lot of cases. The employer will not know if they have lost their job, divorced, or were disabled briefly and now trying to get back on their feet. Most of us do not understand that all applications are now done online. This is a purpose of screening applications and running credit and giving you automated responses as "If your qualifications meet our needs, then you will be contact by the hiring manager." How many people have been contacted? Everything with the stupid questions and background checks for jobs are a complete screening process that is hindering a lot of Americans from being able to survive.

Employers are very leery of accepting anyone for employment without a full background check. Look at this issue from their viewpoint. Here's a stranger they're wanting to get to know enough to trust them inside their business. How would you do it?

Attorneys and the Media promote fear within us all.

I keep delivering the same old message: quite thinking like an employee. Learn to think like an employer and you will get the job. Answer their needs, and you're in.

That's a complicated question. First they want to watch you crack under the pressure. Then they take your answers and use them against you. Worse, they ask you the very same questions, just to make sure you give the very same answer. Never let them see you sweat. They as well as you know within the first few moments if you will get called back or not. Relax and don't take it personally, they look at 50-100+ people to fill just one position and they mean well. And they also want you to be sure you want to work for such a nosey employer...

These questions test your honesty. In the very long answering session, most people forget the previous questions. They will lie in some, then answer honestly when the question is phrased differently.

Some questions are meant to activate certain "blocks" of thoughts into the immediate subconscious platform. Subsequent questions will be answered from activated blocks in the platform just below consciousness.

These questions help determine the true personality of the applicant.

One thing they want to know: Does the applicant think stealing is okay under certain situations?

Because when you 'apply' for anything you are begging, so by default you are admitting that you wish to be made their slave. They know this, so they subjugate you to endless humiliating questions from the start so that you realise what you are letting yourself in for.

Get smart, just go work for yourself and tell 'em where they can stick their stinking application forms!! OUCH!

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thanks