DNA Testing for Employment
It sometimes bothers me that I’ve never had a job where I can actually put my business degree to good use. When I go through these phases, I start checking out various online job boards to see what kinds of positions are available and how much money I could potentially be making if I wanted to get back into the business world.
Today as I was searching through one of the major boards, I noticed that several companies are now requiring pre-employment DNA testing. I’ve never heard about that before and can’t quite figure out why employers would insist on this. It didn’t seem like this kind of testing had anything to do with the job itself, so that’s why I’m a bit puzzled about the requirement. Maybe the tests are for insurance purposes?
If any of you guys have an idea of why some employers now want to perform DNA testing on job candidates, please let me know. I’d love to get an answer to this one!