Eve Tahmincioglu, author, journalist and columnist for MSNBC's Your Career.
Eve Tahmincioglu is an award-winning columnist who writes a weekly column called "Your Career" for MSNBC.com and is author of "From the Sandbox to the Corner Office." Forbes named this blog one of the top career sites for women; CareerBuilder named it one of the 9 Job Blogs You Should Be Reading; and CareerBuilder and CNN named her one of the top job tweeters on Twitter.
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It’s a question that comes up often and it came up yet again yesterday: “Can an employer ask a job candidate how old they are?”
A colleague of mine at MSNBC.com, economy reporter Allison Linn, got this type of question from a reader on Facebook and we both pondered whether it was legal or not.
My gut feeling was this was a no no under the nation’s labor laws, but it turns out it’s not that cut and dry. (more…)