“Video Recordings: Just Another Employment Record”

In a recent blog post on ERE’s website the U.S. EEOC’s Assistant Legal Counsel Carol Miaskoff says to listen up to some basic rules on discrimination and new media. Speaking specifically about video recordings she says, “In and of itself, there is nothing wrong with them. So have feedback from various, diverse sources on your team… Put checks in there so you don’t have one person discriminating.”

Keeping the video recording can make some people squirm because people are concerned about keeping a picture of someone who has been screened out of their company’s hiring process, there is sometimes an added fear of litigation.

“Still, that’s not a good-enough reason,” says Miaskoff. “If you have good documentation in place as to what your process was, you will be able to show you gave everyone fair and equal consideration.”

To read the full post, go here.