NC appliucation retention question

dlail

We currently do not have a published policy re the acquisition and retention of employment applications. What is the minimum retention requirement, if any, for unsolicited applications and/or resumes. We get ALOT of walk-in apps and mailed in resumes when we do not have openings. Is there a difference under state or federal law relative to unsolicited apps versus apps in response to published or advertized job openings. Any info is helpful and appreciated.

Gendaisy

We hang on to ours for 1 year. Possibly longer than a year - we do a massive perge every January for all the old stuff (i.e. in January 2004, we shreded everything we had received from January 2002 to December 2002).

Hope this helps!