Originally Posted by AArlington
That's good; making sure people aren't nuts before putting them in positions of authority and/or trust.
Yep, I have had people tell me that they failed this.
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This is appropriate; check for eyesight and see if they can do the basic job; but without prior training, are the items they are checking for pretty hard to detect, or pretty obvious?
Pretty tough for the untrained. I have seen people with prior training fail this part.
Hmm.. background equal to secret clearance? A computer check to make sure they aren't felons and a credit report??? Is smoking pot within the past few years a disqualifier?
Yes the background check is the same as a secret clearance. They even check with all your schools, prior jobs, neighbors etc. We have random drug testing too. I have seen several people bite the dust this way.
Then perhaps the problem is with the applicant pool. The requirements listed, in my uninformed opinion, shouldn't be that hard for most people to pass, unless the applicatiants (the 999 who don't make the cut) are pretty poor to begin with.
This would kind of fly in the face of the remarks about workfare and things like that wouldnt it?