Re: Singapore jobs - culture and similarity?

2010-12-27 Thread Ask Bjørn Hansen
On Dec 27, 2010, at 20:44, Darren Duncan wrote: > Maybe its a different culture thing with Singapore, but as far as I know in > North America it is inappropriate to be asking for a photo with an > application, same as it is inappropriate to ask questions on one's family > status or religion or

Re: Singapore jobs - culture and similarity?

2010-12-27 Thread Darren Duncan
Ask Bjørn Hansen wrote: On Dec 27, 2010, at 20:44, Darren Duncan wrote: Maybe its a different culture thing with Singapore, but as far as I know in North America it is inappropriate to be asking for a photo with an application, same as it is inappropriate to ask questions on one's family status

RE: Singapore jobs - culture and similarity?

2010-12-28 Thread Ryan Yagatich
I've come across this during recruiting from a few other countries as well. It's standard practice in some locations to incorporate photos, father's job and other details in which we may not request from US applicants. -Original Message- From: Darren Duncan [mailto:dar...@darrenduncan.n

Re: Singapore jobs - culture and similarity?

2010-12-28 Thread Greg Sabino Mullane
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Ask points out: > In the US some of those are illegal actually, rather than just inappropriate. The original posting did give me pause due to the picture requirement, but because the job was in Singapore, I approved it. I would not have had