18 May 2007
How Far Should a Job Screening Go?

Gee, why am I not surprised by this? They routinely sample your urine, run credit checks and hunt down your kindergarten classmates for references, why shouldn't they want fingerprints?

Why does this continue? Simple: because we, as a nation, continue to allow it. I certainly hope this fellows sister finds another job. With an employer who understands that they're hiring an employee, not purchasing a slave.

My sister is getting screened for a programming position with a financial firm. I was alarmed to hear she'll be getting fingerprinted at the Sheriff's Office as part of the screening process. Instantly I conjure up scenes of frame-ups and corporate scandals. I want to know, should this raise a flag? Would you submit to fingerprinting, blood tests and who knows what else (financial, genetic code, and so forth) for a programming position?

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