paraphrase The prohibition against workplace discrimination under federal anti-discrimination laws applies to all phases of the employment process, including advertising positions, soliciting resumes, interviewing candidates, and extending employment offers. Employers who solicit applications only from select national-origin p. 190groups or who implement a recruitment program that intentionally excludes applicants of a particular national origin could be subject to liability. Employers should also recognize that seemingly neutral practices, such as the solicitation of referrals through informal networking processes, and the use of any other practices that result in "limiting, segregating, or classifying employees or applicants in a way which would deprive or tend to deprive employment opportunities or otherwise adversely affect his status as an employee, because of such individual's race, color, religion, sex, or national origin," could result in liability