06.13.07
Keep Those Resumes & Applications
Often after we have successfully filled a vacant position, we get the urge to purge those stacks of additional resumes and applications that we were flooded with during the interview process. You may want to reconsider doing that and instead keep them, at least 2 years. Why?
While we would like to think it never would happen to us, its always a possbility that a rejected applicant could charge you with bias and sue. Having the paperwork to back up your decision as to why a particular candidate was the better qualified party makes a word of difference in a lawsuit.
Also think twice about making a habit of accepting unsolicited resumes when no position is open. If you do, you’ll have to consider every one of them that comes in from then on. Plus, you’d also have to handle internet or phone applicants the same way as everyone else. That could mean a lot of work for a small business owner who doesn’t have a human resource department or the time to devote to such an undertaking.
