Fake Job Applications Prove There’s Real LGBT Discrimination in Hiring [View all]

[Omaha Steve]

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/07/04/fake-resumes-show-real-anti-lgbt-discrimination?cmpid=tpdaily-eml-2014-07-04


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Being out—or even just supportive of gay causes—can mean you don’t get employed.

July 04, 2014 By Hayley Fox

Hayley Fox is regular contributor to TakePart who has covered breaking news and the occasional adorable animal story for public radio station KPCC 89.3 in Los Angeles.

Jnnifer and Michelle both apply for an administrative assistant position at Exxon Mobil in Illinois.

They went to the same high school and the same college, and they have a similar work history, though Jennifer got better grades and achieved management positions. Yet it’s Michelle who gets the callback for an interview.

The only other real difference between the two is that Jennifer has a history of LGBT activism.

If you haven’t already guessed, Jennifer and Michelle are the names on fake resumes that were submitted to eight different federal contractors as part of a recent study by the Equal Rights Center and Freedom to Work, an LGBT organization pushing for equality in the workplace. Although the applicants in the study are fictional, the results are very real: LGBT applicants were 23 percent less likely to get an interview than their less-qualified heterosexual counterparts.




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