{"id":1206,"date":"2011-06-01T07:47:31","date_gmt":"2011-06-01T07:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/?p=1206"},"modified":"2013-09-13T20:49:24","modified_gmt":"2013-09-13T20:49:24","slug":"equal-opportunity-employer-eh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/2011\/06\/01\/equal-opportunity-employer-eh\/","title":{"rendered":"Equal Opportunity Employer, Eh?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/library\/files\/2013\/09\/special-collections-equal-opportunity.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-1205\" title=\"Equal Opportunity\" alt=\"Equal Opportunity\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.utc.edu\/archivist\/files\/2011\/05\/JobAppRedacted-793x1024.jpg\" width=\"476\" height=\"614\" \/><\/a><strong>It&#8217;s game time!<\/strong> Click on the image above to enlarge it and see if you can find all of the horrifying questions on this application for employment at UTC from 1978.\u00a0 Though I realize that these questions were status quo for the time period, my modern sensibilities were mortally offended at some of the questions.<\/p>\n<p>An enormous amount of these job applicant files (without the redactions we have made so that you can see an example) have turned up in some materials deposited with us and all of them are being destroyed.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Steve explains: &#8220;Archives normally keep records of continuing value and information, but occasionally items\u00a0 end up here that are not necessary to retain.\u00a0 Since these\u00a0 sometimes contain information considered &#8220;sensitive&#8221; today (social security numbers, for instance) we take careful measures to ensure they are destroyed.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Have you ever seen any questionable questions on a job application?\u00a0 We&#8217;d love to see your answers in the comment section below!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s game time! 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