LiNK FIELD WORK APPLICATION
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APPLICANT NOTE
This application form is intended for use in evaluating your qualifications for
employment. This is not an employment contract. Please answer all appropriate
questions completely and accurately. False or misleading statements during the
interview and on this form are grounds for terminating the application process or, if
discovered after employment, terminating employment. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration without discrimination based on sex, marital status, race, color,
age, creed, national origin, sexual orientation, military reserve membership, ancestry,
religion, height, weight, use of a guide or support animal because of blindness, deafness
or physical handicap, or the presence of disabilities. A conviction will not necessarily bar
an applicant from employment. Additional testing of job-related skills and for the
presence of drugs in your body may be required prior to employment.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Have you ever applied to or worked for LiNK before? If yes, when?
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Are you at least 18 years old? (If under 18, hire is subject to
verification that you are of minimum legal age.)
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Are you authorized to work in the U.S.?
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Have you used any names or Social Security Numbers other than
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Have you been convicted of a crime in the past seven years? If so,
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Applicant is not obligated to disclose any reference to a pre or post trial diversion
program, any conviction which has been sealed, expunged or erased by the court,
or, if in California, any marijuana related misdemeanor conviction entered more
than two years prior to the date of this employment application. (Conviction will
not necessarily be a bar to employment. In accordance with company policy and
applicable state and federal laws, factors such as age at time of the offense,
remoteness of the offense, time since last conviction, nature of the job sought and
rehabilitation effort will be reviewed.)
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be professional. Please do not include relatives.
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CERTIFICATION AND RELEASE
I certify that I have read and understand the applicant note on page one of this form and
that the answers given by me to the foregoing questions and the statements made by
me are complete and true to the best of my knowledge and belief. I understand that any
false information, omissions or misrepresentations of facts called for in this application,
whether on this document or not, may result in rejection of my application or discharge at
any time during my employment. I authorize the company and/or its agents, including
consumer reporting bureaus, to verify any of this information. I release all former
employers, persons, schools, companies and law enforcement authorities from any
liability for any damage whatsoever for issuing this information. I also understand that
the use of illegal drugs is prohibited during employment. If company policy requires, I am
willing to submit to drug testing to detect the use of illegal drugs prior to and during
employment.
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Please answer the following questions thoughtfully and thoroughly.
1. Please tell us about your previous interactions with LiNK.
2. Why do you want to work for LiNK?
3. Why are you interested in field work?
4. What particular skills or experience do you deem to be important in the field?
5. What specific qualifications do you feel you could offer in the field?
6. Have you engaged in any field work in the past? If so, with what organization,
what kind of work and where?
7. If you answered yes in the previous question, what were some challenges you
encountered in the field?
8. What is your specific country of interest or what aspect of field work are you
particularly interested in?
9. What is the level and length of commitment you would be able to offer? Please
provide specific dates.
10. Please list any language skills you may have and the level of proficiency.
11. What do you believe is the primary reason for the North Korean human rights
crisis?
12. What are some ways you propose that this crisis could be resolved?
13. How would you respond in the following situation and why?
JIM AND THE INDIANS
(From “A Critique of Utilitarianism” by Bernard Williams)
Jim finds himself in the central square of a small South American town. Tied up against
the wall are a row of twenty Indians, most terrified, a few defiant, in front of them several
armed men in uniform. A heavy man in a sweat-stained khaki shirt turns out to be the
captain in charge and, after a good deal of questioning of Jim which establishes that he
got there by accident while on a botanical expedition, explains that the Indians are a
random group of the inhabitants who, after recent acts of protest against the government,
are just about to be killed to remind other possible protestors of the advantages of not
protesting. However, since Jim is an honored visitor from another land, the captain is
happy to offer him a guest’s privilege of killing one of the Indians himself. If Jim accepts,
then as a special mark of the occasion, the other Indians will be let off. Of course, if Jim
refuses, then there is no special occasion, and Pedro here will do what he was about to
do when Jim arrived, and kill them all. Jim, with some desperate recollection of schoolboy
fiction, wonders whether if he got hold of a gun, he could hold the captain, Pedro and the
rest of the soldiers to threat, but it is quite clear from the set-up that nothing of the sort is
going to work: any attempt at that sort of thing will mean that all the Indians will be killed,
and himself. The men against the wall and the other villagers understand the situation,
and are obviously begging him to accept. What should he do?
Note: You cannot speak to any of the Indians, and you should assume that all of the
Indians are of the exact same age, sex, medical condition, etc.
14. Which is more important? Telling the truth, or preventing harm?
15. True or False: The ends justify the means.
16. Due to some seemingly unfounded dismissals, some factory workers suspect the
managers of eavesdropping on their employees through an intercom and using this
information against them. The managers officially and emphatically deny this accusation.
The union declares that it will only take steps against the company when proof has been
found that confirms these suspicions. Two workers then break into the administrative
offices and take tape transcripts that prove the allegation of eavesdropping.
Do you disagree or agree with the worker’s behavior?
If you agree, mark the reason that best encompasses your reason why.
They didn’t cause much damage to the company.
Due to the company's disregard for the law, the means used by the two workers were
permissible to restore law and order.
Most of the workers would approve of their deeds and many of them would be happy
about it.
Since the company had committed an injustice first, the two workers were justified in
breaking into the offices.
The two workers saw no legal means of revealing the company's misuse of confidence,
and therefore chose what they considered the lesser evil.
17. The Overcrowded Lifeboat, from Moral Reasoning, by Victor Grassian
In 1842, a ship struck an iceberg and more than 30 survivors were crowded into a lifeboat
intended to hold seven. As a storm threatened, it became obvious that the lifeboat would
have to be lightened if anyone were to survive. The captain reasoned that the right thing
to do in this situation was to force some individuals to go over the side and drown. Such
an action, he reasoned, was not unjust to those thrown overboard, for they would have
drowned anyway. If he did nothing, however, he would be responsible for the deaths of
those whom he could have saved. Some people opposed the captain's decision. They
claimed that if nothing were done and everyone died as a result, no one would be
responsible for these deaths. On the other hand, if the captain attempted to save some,
he could do so only by killing others and their deaths would be his responsibility; this
would be worse than doing nothing and letting all die. The captain rejected this
reasoning. Since the only possibility for rescue required great efforts of rowing, the
captain decided that the weakest would have to be sacrificed. In this situation it would be
absurd, he thought, to decide by drawing lots who should be thrown overboard. As it
turned out, after days of hard rowing, the survivors were rescued and the captain was
tried for his action.
If you had been on the jury, how would you have decided?
18. Anything else you would like to share:
*The following items MUST be included along with the completed application:
 Cover Letter
 Résumé or CV
 Letter of recommendation
Please email to jobs@libertyinnorthkorea.org