Essays on Skidmore

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During the acquisition process, employers who have streamlined the potential applicants for a particular position usually resort to interviews as a means to further screen the candidates. In the current discourse, the objective is to develop a questionnaire that managers would use when interviewing applicants.

Twelve (12) Permissible Questions to be Asked

Permissible questions are questions that are “allowed or permitted by laws or rules” . The following questions are deemed to be permissible:

Have you worked with previous institutions under a different name? If so, what name did you use?

Have you met the minimum age requirement set by law to work as a customer service representative? Could you provide any document that would validate your accurate age upon hiring? Can you undertake ...

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Just prior to the July 26th Movement or Revolution in 1959 by forces under Fidel Castro. Since 1965, the country has been governed by the Communist Party of Cuba. Culturally, the country is part of Latin America. The country has several cultural influences, namely, the ancient aboriginal culture of the indigenous Taino and Ciboney, Spanish influences as the country was colonized by Spain, the inflows of African American slaves and a close relationship with the Soviets during the Cold War era (Skidmore and Smith, 2005). At present, the country is one of the few remaining socialist nations in the ...

Introduction The Stanford Centre on Poverty and Inequality is a federally-funded poverty institution that focuses on monitoring inequality and poverty trends in the U.S. (Grusky et al., 2016). The centre examines the factors and forces that influence the trends and develop science-based policy on inequality and poverty. The “State of the Union: The Poverty and Inequality Report 2016” suggests that the U.S. ranks poorly when compared with other well-off nations (Grusky et al., 2016). The report is compiled by some of the leading global experts on inequality and poverty. Besides, the report encompasses data on employment, poverty, economic mobility, ...

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Proper implementation of policies is essential in the development of any nation, group or organization. In fact, lack thereof compromises the possibility of a unit succeeding in its endeavors. As such, it is imperative to establish proper methodologies in dealing with the enactment of policies to foster development (Peterson and Manuel 193). With this in mind, it is worth mentioning the role of the liberalists in the elaboration of the Latin Americas. Precisely, the Christian Democrats have undergone multiple challenges over the years to secure the welfare of their policies in the political system. The ideologies upheld by this ...

Footnote: sources used are Cannon, de la Fuente, Dominguez, Laing, Shecaira,

Skidmore, Steur and Telles. Comparative Racism Between the United States, Cuba and Brazil Racism in the Americas is the societal result of colonization that took place from the end of the fifteenth century to the neo-colonialism of the last century. Then, as these eras ended, different countries adapted to the plurality of races that now existed in their own ways, some better than others. In most cases, but not all, there was European-American sentiment of superiority over other races that they now lived with. They now had freed slaves that they mistreated and subverted for hundreds of years, as ...

Brazil occupies nearly half of South America. The Empire of Brazil was a 19th century state which comprised of territories that now form the current modern Brazil. After its independence under Pedro I, Brazil adopted a constitution and became one of America’s first native monarchs. Brazil’s government was ruled by emperors Dom Pedro I and his son Dom Pedro II who were members of the Portuguese House of Braganza. Their family migrated from Portugal to Brazil after their country was invaded by French troops in 1808. Pedro grew up without restraint due to being neglected by his parents for ...

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In 1998, Hugo Chavez won the elections in Venezuela, a victory that marked the beginning of a reign that would later turn out to be oppressive and retrogressive. A huge bulk of his supporters was won over by his strong attacks of the representative democracy that characterized the regime that was at the helm of the country. He promised to break away from the past which he associated with the wealthy. Hugo Chavez and his movement which was known as Chavismo came up with an alternative system which entailed participatory and protagonist democracy. The implementation of this system began with the convening ...