I had someone apply for a job through a recruiter at my company and passed the interview with flying colors. However, it has come across after the interview that they may not have the legal ability to work. The company I work for is audited regularly, so I can’t have hiring them swept under the rug.
How do I deal with this without jepordizing the applicant?
You talk to your legal and hr team not internet randoms.
You have 2 options.
- Don’t hire them as they are unable to work in your country.
- Talk with your hr and legal teams about sponsoring their visa. This is quite common and something that an outside org can facilitate for you.
Bro this is simple. Just say we can’t hire u as u have not proven your right to work in this country. U don’t need to pussyfoot around the issue or let them down slowly. Just drop the truth and move on. Ur over-thinking a simple thing.
I’ve always been asked to show I’m authorized to work whenever I work. Isn’t this true for all jobs?
This post (op) seems likes bait imo.
Unless your boss is hiring under the table, I can’t see see how the normal HR hiring process wouldn’t weed out someone not authorized to work.
Maybe do your job and let HR do theirs?
My post isn’t bait. We’ve gone through the process with HR and then found that the applicant may not have work authorization.
Not hire them if they’re actually unable to prove their right to work. Lol.
Yeah, but I’m trying to keep this interaction from being a red flag.
“We are unable to employ you because you failed to prove your right to work in the United States of America”. Could be a trump goon as well. Wouldn’t put it past him.
Your first instinct is that an assumed illegal immigrant is a trump goon?
I wouldn’t put it past the trump administration to employ people to refuse to show right documentation to see if a business is hiring illegal immigrants or not
They definitely wouldn’t, but even if they did……people that do not have the right to work in the country should not be working in the country.
I really hope you mean to say “hiring” instead of “hitting”
The simple answer is just don’t hire them, and don’t give any reason.
Yeah, I am hiring. I edited this.
My issue is trying to unwind this as humanely as possible for the applicant.
“May not”?? What is that even supposed to mean? Were they Applying While Brown or something? Talking with an accent?
It sounds an awful lot like this isn’t something to stick your nose in and you should do your job, to me.
Edit: wait, are you the interviewer in this situation?
We were going to hire them, but they can’t show proof of working in the country.
And since I recommended that they get hired and they can’t show the right paperwork, it is becoming my job on how I should proceed.
Edit: Yeah, I was the one interviewing.
Well, they have to show proof of ability to work in the country. If they can’t, they don’t get the job.
Consult your HR department. Likely they will give a reasonable timeline for the appropriate documents to be provided and if they can’t furnish proof of work eligibility, they don’t get the job.
I’ve been consulting with HR. They’ve come to the conclusion that the applicant probably isn’t able to work. I’m just trying to wind this down.
What country are you in? If USA, you must be able to fill out an I-9. It’s pretty cut and dry. If there is a recruiter involved, they are required to have the potential employee complete one before they refer them.
US. We’ve tried to get the applicant to fill out an I-9, which failed.
“we would love to hire you, but can’t until you fill out this document, I can wait until X date, but after that we will have to hire another applicant. Please get back with us as soon as possible, we would hate to miss out on the opportunity to work with such a highly qualified candidate”
