I may be very wrong about this, but I was under the impression that
you're not allowed to ask questions about a canidates family/spouce.  I
did a great deal of interviewing in the for-profit sector, though it was
years ago, and asking what an interviewee's wife/husband/partner thought
about a move would have been a no-no.  If that person wasn't offered the
position, they could assume they were denied because in the interview
they answered that their spouce was against the move.  Am I way off with
this?  I'd like to know, as I'm now in a position where I agian will be
doing hiring.

Thanks,
Keni Sturgeon
Jensen Arctic Museum

----- Original Message -----
From: Christopher Dill <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thursday, February 7, 2002 10:56 am
Subject: Re: More on hiring, in general

> "Another questions that I always seem to get is, "What does your
> husband think about moving?  As a life-long feminist this
> questions always bothers me, although I try not to show it."
>
> Hmmm.  As an employer I think it reasonable to ask how an
> applicant's spouse and/or family might react to moving long
> distance.  I ask this question of men as well as women.  When I
> interviewed for the job I'm in now I was asked what my wife I was
> thought about a move and thought it a perfectly reasonable
> question.  What does this have to do with feminism??
>
>
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