[Hot Tabasco]

If I lived out there I would be inclined to apply for a job with this sheriff's dept.

Having worked in HR for 32 years, I am pretty well versed in what kinds of things can be asked on applications and what can and cannot be asked in interviews.

Any questions asked during interviews which do not pertain to an individual's qualifications for the specific job can be misinterpreted by the interviewee as being discriminatory.

If you want to ask me whether or not I am a smoker during the interview process, you damn well better be prepared to be able to document the fact that I can not perform the required duties of such job merely because I am a smoker.

The second you ask me any question relevant to the legal practice of tobacco use, you have now opened the door for me to file a legitimate claim of discrimination with the EEOC.........

[Gabz]

Thank you for all of that information.

There are 2 types of employment laws in states..."employment at will" and "right to work"......

Doesn't the employer in an "employment at will" state have the right to do this????

Any assistance you can provide in keeping this straight for me would be greatly appreciated...and if you choose, I am not averse to FReepmail.

[Madame Dufarge]

I really, really like this post.

And I now fully understand your tag line ;-)