According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) there are four requirements that determine whether an individual is indeed an applicant, and all four must be met in order to count this individual an applicant. Outlined here is each of these requirements, with implications for employers in terms of their selection procedures.  1. “The individual submits an expression of interest in employment through the internet or related electronic data technologies.”  IMPLICATION:  Employers may want to include some electronic response option for all open positions since this new definition will allow all the applicants to […]