Alien Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 The OP states white majority ethnic..my examples would of course put them in the minority bracket They might well do...but the op mentioned "Black minority" as ethnic...that's what my response was to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 I enquired a few years ago at the dole centre regarding Free bus/lorry driving lessons.Guess what? Only open to ethnic minorities. Are you inspired by the title of the thread to lie? Check again you will find some available here: http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listtraining.aspx?sessionid=63e88ade-a8c7-43ef-b928-7c82188791fc&pid=3&sid=602758&p=1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Here from a report from the end of last year: http://www.hrmagazine.co.uk/news/946547/Job-applicants-ethnic-minority-names-experiencing-discrimination/ That article is slightly flawed in linking names to what they think suggest the ethnicity of the applicant. For example, a couple of black people I work with have very English names that would not highlight them at all as being black; shock news neither of them are called OJ or Snoop. So they're sending out applications with names that they think are "white", but in reality those names won't necessarily = white. -- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane39 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Are you inspired by the title of the thread to lie? Check again you will find some available here: http://jobseekers.direct.gov.uk/listtraining.aspx?sessionid=63e88ade-a8c7-43ef-b928-7c82188791fc&pid=3&sid=602758&p=1 Was you there with me at the time i enquired? If not....Keep ya trap shut. And stop posting your boring pathetic links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wildcat Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 That article is slightly flawed in linking names to what they think suggest the ethnicity of the applicant. For example, a couple of black people I work with have very English names that would not highlight them at all as being black; shock news neither of them are called OJ or Snoop. So they're sending out applications with names that they think are "white", but in reality those names won't necessarily = white. -- If anything your criticism of the report would appear to be that it underestimates racism in employers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mj.scuba Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 If anything your criticism of the report would appear to be that it underestimates racism in employers. Possibly, I can only speak from experience, we have a very diverse workplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul2412 Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 If anything your criticism of the report would appear to be that it underestimates racism in employers. How do you know the colour of someone skin from a name? The only way an employer could be "racist" would be if 2 people turned up for an interview who had the same qualifications, the same working ethos, the same general attitude towards life and the same presentation skills and the employer said "we'll go for the white man instead". The chances of 2 identical people turning up for an interview are extremely remote. It isn't necessarily the qualifications or the experience that means you get a job or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 How do you know the colour of someone skin from a name? You can hazard a guess, and you'll be right more than half of the time. The only way an employer could be "racist" would be if 2 people turned up for an interview who had the same qualifications, the same working ethos, the same general attitude towards life and the same presentation skills and the employer said "we'll go for the white man instead". That is not the only way, by a long chalk. More often, it shows up by not even bothering to interview people who have a "foreign-sounding" name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boyfriday Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Many employers think that ethnics are not even capable of doing the job. I don't believe that one bit. Would you believe that an employer like Noddy would give an Asian a fair crack of the whip, if you can pardon the pun? The idlest workers in the steel mills and forges were the Asians without a doubt they would stop and moan about the slightest thing and everything was too heavy for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoddyHolder Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Would you believe that an employer like Noddy would give an Asian a fair crack of the whip, if you can pardon the pun? Only telling the truth, that's what it was like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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