Should a potential hire be asked to do work for free (as a sample)?

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Date Posted: 2015/01/06

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by Shahzad Khan , Deputy Manager - Human Resources , The Searle Company Limited

We don't ask anyone to work for free but for the selected candidate we do ask for preparation of presentation on marketing plan and then asses their feasibility.

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by Saiful Islam Hiron , Site HR Manager , Handicap International

Never. FREE does not give you quality of output.

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