Important components of a Staff Application?
- Thread starter Katrina
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I would ask for a yes/no required answer: Are you a sex offender?
I say this based on experience. I had a forum long ago where a person joined and sent me a DM about a staff members being a registered offender. That person was using an alias but in all honesty, I never really checked back then as I'm sure many didn't.
I confronted the staff member is private and asked them. They admitted they were a registered offender but wanted to explain to me how they were innocent.
Registered means you were proven guilty and had to register. I not only demoted the staff member but I banned him permanently from the forum. I think the ban was warranted.
You can add something like this:
Are you a registered sexual offender?
(If found to be violating this question, we reserve the right to report it to law enforcement officials)
That question and threat of report might scare away most who are actually registered because many of those who are registered are typically not allowed to use the internet.
I say this based on experience. I had a forum long ago where a person joined and sent me a DM about a staff members being a registered offender. That person was using an alias but in all honesty, I never really checked back then as I'm sure many didn't.
I confronted the staff member is private and asked them. They admitted they were a registered offender but wanted to explain to me how they were innocent.
Registered means you were proven guilty and had to register. I not only demoted the staff member but I banned him permanently from the forum. I think the ban was warranted.
You can add something like this:
Are you a registered sexual offender?
(If found to be violating this question, we reserve the right to report it to law enforcement officials)
That question and threat of report might scare away most who are actually registered because many of those who are registered are typically not allowed to use the internet.
That would be too much, asking that they will defo be affected by that and not join the staff team. You end up backlashing yourself.
THat's even worse, and that ends up in a bed and bleeding from the head 😛
What's worse is when you have to deal with a staff member who is one, lied, and then try to reason with you.
Did he really realize that he had done wrong?
I'm sure he realized that I think he did wrong.
But he wanted to explain his side to me. If you're registered, that means you're convicted. I'm not the police or a lawyer. I feel I did the right thing.
But I do see @Page point. It's a really tough one if it has happened to you.... and you don't want the mistake to repeat.
As much as many people feel this could be an awkward question to answer on a staff application form, I feel it should be something that is asked especially for a staff spot.
If you are hiring someone, you want to know as much about that person as possible and this is something you as a owner of a forum and even a brand or a business should know before you hire someone.
The only people that would be offended by the question would be those who are not, and if they are not then it should not be an issue to answer honestly.
Maybe even worded differently or even have a staff member policy to include terms of not allowing active offenders, registered offenders, or active criminals even.
You could then say "Do you agree with the staff policy?" and link to it. That way you include whatever you want to include.
I think that might be the better options in the long run.
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