Drug and Background Tests Not as Important

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Appears many firms are having a difficult time attracting ANY workers, so they’ve relaxed their prerequisites.

IMO This is more reasonable, especially with marijuana legal in more states. While I won’t go so far as to say a BA or BS shouldn’t be required to, say, teach, I think relaxing of educational standards is reasonable for some jobs. Just how teachable & willing to work & learn that job do any applicants seem?

And won’t someone with varying criminal records be less likely to return to those offenses if they’re gainfully employed? Thoughts?

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Assuming the position in question doesn’t involve operating machinery/performing surgery - if you own a business, why on earth would you want to spend money on having your employees tested ? If they do the work that’s assigned to them, that’s all that matters.

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Said at the end of my interview around 2000…

“Well, onto our drug testing policy: You bring them in, and we’ll test them.”

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