Boris And The Liberal Hypocrites

[trevortt]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

There was a documented case a few years back where an applicant sent identical cvs off to same employers, one with a name that could be associated with being black (or from another background - i cant remember exactly) and the other cv from a typical 'english' name. He received more rejections from the 'black' cv than the other.

I think that this could be the only way, apart from the interviewer admitting it, that something smelling of racism is a foot.

This isnt the case I was thinking about but something similar - although here the company said that the "white" applicant was willing to move to Wales

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...9520-19337518/

I have also heard that the white person was refused more times that the black.

[Stuart C]

Originally Posted by Saaf_laandon_mo

There was a documented case a few years back where an applicant sent identical cvs off to same employers, one with a name that could be associated with being black (or from another background - i cant remember exactly) and the other cv from a typical 'english' name. He received more rejections from the 'black' cv than the other.

I think that this could be the only way, apart from the interviewer admitting it, that something smelling of racism is a foot.

This isnt the case I was thinking about but something similar - although here the company said that the "white" applicant was willing to move to Wales

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/topstor...9520-19337518/

A friend actually experienced something similar. He applied for a job with a major building society through an agency. They were umming and arring, until the Agent pointed out that he was disabled (technically, he is, although you wouldn't know it to look at him). They jumped at the chance then..

As it turns out, it was an absolutely crap job, so he didn't really benefit that much.