Jusletter IT

The human resources assessment industry has recently gone over to what the tabloid press discovered long ago. Much of the public would rather read titillating scandal than sober reporting. Their own recruitment literature promises, i.a, to weed out unsuitable job applicants by collecting a masterfile of «potentially damaging secrets of the candidates». No one questions that a recruitment service should offer valid information on candidates they put forward. The question is whether valid «human resources assessment» also includes amateur private detective background sleuthing, and whether such a file may also include unverified libels and slander.