Largely gone are the days when employers could blatantly make hiring decisions based upon unlawful factors, like the sign in a store window that reads: "Help Wanted - No Irish Need Apply." This, however, is not to say that discriminatory bias, whether conscious or unconscious, does not exist in today's job market. It does. It is often more subtle and harder to prove, but it is important to remember that job applicants do not need the proverbial "smoking gun" in order to seek redress. Read more.