You've Now Been on the Job for a Few Months

question 23

Multiple Choice

You've now been on the job for a few months in your role as Assistant Human Resources Director, and have acquired some experience in interviewing and background checks. While doing a background check on a candidate for a secretarial position, you discover that the candidate was arrested several years ago while in college, and accused of damaging university property. What should you do?

• A)disqualify the candidate for unfitness
• B)talk to the candidate to find out what the report is all about
• C)disregard the report, as it's an arrest, and not a conviction
• D)disregard the report as it occurred at the university, not on the job site

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