Interviewing and Hiring Lawfully

This 30 minute course teaches practical skills for lawfully and effectively interviewing applicants for hire or promotion. Course users learn how to:The best way to learn is by doing. Through a series of scenarios and interactive exercises, users learn practical skills for conducting effective and lawful interviews and for properly documenting their interviews and hiring decisions.

The U.S. Supreme Court case, Kolstad v. American Dental Association, and subsequent cases have made clear that employers should train their employees how to avoid discrimination in the hiring processes. Indeed, in Matthis v. Phillips Chevrolet, Inc., the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that an employer’s failure to train supervisors how to avoid discrimination in the hiring process amounts to ‚Äúreckless indifference” such that damages to punish the employer should be awarded.

The best way to learn is by doing. Through a series of scenarios and interactive exercises, users learn practical skills for conducting effective and lawful interviews and for properly documenting their interviews and hiring decisions.
All human resource professionals, supervisors, and managers should be required to take this training. In addition, any non-supervisory employee who is asked to interview an applicant or otherwise participate in the hiring process should be required to take this course.