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Dawgs

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36. I think where you and I disagree is on the ignore part.

Mon Jul 7, 2014, 09:43 AM

Jul 2014

Being in HR for over 20 years, and dealing with thousands of new hires, it's VERY possible that better candidates get put into the "not-interested" pile. It's not that they aren't qualified, or wouldn't be perfect for the job, it's that they got put into a pile that isn't going to ever be looked at again.

And the reasons for why they got put into that pile aren't always the same. It could be grammar, job history, appearance of being under or over qualified, etc. If you have a hundred or so people submitting resumes for a position, which isn't uncommon for an office manager type position, you don't always have time to read every line in every resume. You have to come up with a system to put some in one pile and some in another.

My point is that the reason one particular candidate got ignored over another isn't clear in this case.. therefore not proof of discrimination.

And, I'm not saying that there wasn't discrimination. There very well might have been.

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You can't be an LGBT and a feminist? rocktivity Jul 2014 #1

The "control" was similar political activism experience, whereas Cooperstown Jul 2014 #2

Problem is the work background is too strong. jeff47 Jul 2014 #20

It was better this way. It shows that someone being a liberal activist was fine with them -- pnwmom Jul 2014 #45

I scrub my resume of all political activism BainsBane Jul 2014 #3

Do you scrub the internet of all your political activism? Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #11

I hope I don't apply there. A google search of my name brings up an obnoxious magician. Taitertots Jul 2014 #15

Oh, god, that would be a problem. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #23

no BainsBane Jul 2014 #19

It IS creepy. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #22

This message was self-deleted by its author jeff47 Jul 2014 #21

People put their full names on facebook? Or if they do, they don't lock those pages up tight? nt MADem Jul 2014 #24

Yes, people put their full names on FB. Curmudgeoness Jul 2014 #40

That's just ... cretinous and gross! The employer snooping, not the full name stuff. MADem Jul 2014 #43

Ah, memories. madamesilverspurs Jul 2014 #4

Didn't he know littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #8

Unless it's a pink triangle rickyhall Jul 2014 #13

.. littlemissmartypants Jul 2014 #18

The "Assistant Office Manager" might be a bigger deferent than the activism. Renew Deal Jul 2014 #5

Exactly. They should have made resumes exactly the same. LisaL Jul 2014 #10

My thought exactly. nilram Jul 2014 #16

That's what stood out to me. tammywammy Jul 2014 #17

Exactly, it's not an apples to apples comparison IronLionZion Jul 2014 #25

Yep. Assistant Manager and Office Assistant are worlds apart. cbdo2007 Jul 2014 #39

Just practicing some of the corporate religion rurallib Jul 2014 #6

God, Inc. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #27

What about any other applicants though? PlanetaryOrbit Jul 2014 #7

I have no doubt that employers discriminate on the basis of LGBT status. DeadLetterOffice Jul 2014 #9

K&R DeSwiss Jul 2014 #12

Excellent! ... and so many idiotic ignorant youtube comments. n/t RKP5637 Jul 2014 #28

I'm thinking resumes are electronically scanned and categorized..... radhika Jul 2014 #14

Not a manager, an assistant office manager. Assistant. Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #29

Which is why, questionable methodology or not, my response to the OP is "no shit." nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #41

This proves nothing. being an asst office mgr and applying for admin asst might be a downgrade magical thyme Jul 2014 #26

Of course the fact that it is fully legal to discriminate against LGBT people in 29 States offers a Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #31

the fact that 7 gov contractors have such policies is the proof. magical thyme Jul 2014 #34

Sorry. This doesn't prove much. Dawgs Jul 2014 #30

Want proof? Look at the 29 States that allow legal discrimination against LGBT people. Bluenorthwest Jul 2014 #32

Relax. I'm not saying that states don't allow discrimination against LGBT people. Dawgs Jul 2014 #33

As some one who has worked in Fair Housing enforcement research, here's what I see. Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #35

I think where you and I disagree is on the ignore part. Dawgs Jul 2014 #36

And I'm not saying there was discrimination, just that my experience would tilt it in that direction Gormy Cuss Jul 2014 #38

+1 nomorenomore08 Jul 2014 #42

The issues this experiment was out to prove is real. NCTraveler Jul 2014 #37

Don't need no stinkin' fake resumes to know this is true. Behind the Aegis Jul 2014 #44

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