19 Oct 09 How To Handle An Illegal Question At An Interview

Interviewers frequently ask illegal questions during interviews. Whether this is intentional or not, your answers could impact how you are received, which in turn can impact whether or not you get the job. How you handle these scenarios is just as important as how you answer the legitimate interview questions. Knowing what to do is of vital importance in any interview.

The first thing you should do is figure out the nature of the question. An illegal question does not refer to a question that is criminally liable, but rather just a question that an interviewer is not allowed to ask. Questions like these are from topics that cannot legally have a bearing on whether or not you get a job. Such as questions about race, sex, age, health, disabilities, and religion. Any of these could be mentioned unintentionally in the forming of a question, but all are illegal for an interviewer to ask you.

It’s necessary for you to understand that in most cases an illegal question comes up as a mistake from the interviewer. Oftentimes these are asked with no intention to discriminate against you. But rather these are attempts by the interviewer to be friendly, or to relate to you. This way the can get a better feel for how you would fit in with the company. But usually through inexperience, instead of doing that through legal means, they accidentally slip into an illegal pitfall by asking you a personal question.

In this case you have two polite options for answering the question and moving the interview forward. The first option is that you could answer the question. But in answering, make sure that it’s a question you feel completely comfortable answering, and preferably answering n brief. Then try to move on to a different topic. The second option is to essentially ignore the question and move the interview forward by focusing on a different work related topic of yours.

Either option works well, and will keep an interview’s flow without making for an uncomfortable situation on either side. Try to stay professional and courteous, with a positive disposition, as you always should during any interview. If you can follow that model, and not flinch under the pressure of an illegal question, you’ll be just fine.

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07 Jan 09 KIDO’Z browser for young kids

As a parent, you must always be worried about what your young kid is doing when he or she is on internet. The kid can by chance or sometimes knowingly stumble upon sites which you do not consider safe or morally right. It is not possible to be always looking out for what the child is doing and what activities is he engaged into. A very vivid solution to this problem has been provided by KIDOZ LTD, an Israeli startup in the form of KIDO’Z.A web browser specially created for kids so that they can browse internet safely and you need not be on surveillance all the time. This internet browser has a very attractive and appealing interface and loads of games to play. The kids can not only use internet for surfing sites but can also watch YouTube videos featuring cartoons, nursery rhymes and educational stuff.

Listing down some of the prominent features:

Safety

The system completely blocks any links or attempts to open unapproved sites preventing kids from using internet frivolously. When they are browsing on KIDO’Z, they are in safe hands.

Direct Access

The best websites and videos have already been searched and sorted in the browser and are just a click away. You don’t have to surf the web for hours and find the best possible sites for your kids. The sites are already listed down; all you have to do is click on the icon.

Easy Interface

The interface is so darn easy that even a young child in the age group of 3-5 years can fiddle with it without assistance.

YouTube Access

As they say “Picture says 1000 words” so nothing is more educational then letting your child learn his or her nursery rhymes through videos. KIDO’Z has lined up YouTube videos with nursery rhymes to give a perfect visual experience for kids. Other than nursery rhymes, they can watch cartoons and other educational videos pertaining to their interest. There are hundreds of videos which are separated into sections like Animals, babies etc

Game center

Apart from availability of games on the sites, it has a game center where lots of games are available and are just a click away. You need not surf the sites and look for games.

Platform Support

KIDO’Z is available on all platforms so you don’t have to worry about whether you can use it or not. Mac or Linux, you can run it without any hitches.

Upgrade process

Upgrade process for KIDO’Z is just like any other browser. On opening the browser, updater window pops up and with easy instructions to follow, you are ready with the new version.

Cost

KIDO’Z is absolutely free and available for download. You need to install Adobe AIR before going ahead with KIDO’Z installation.

Plugins

KIDO’Z is using Twitter. Twitter is again a free service that lets you be in touch with people and lets you exchange views. And twitter can also be used on phone.

Proposed features

Bookmarking, setting time limits are few of the features on the anvil which will soon make their way into the browser upgrades.
KIDO’Z is a browser with the best and safe websites packed in it for your kids. Do try it out.

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