Hots on Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 If you have, on paper, all the necessary experience and qualifications to do a particular job, aren't you being discriminated against in one form or another in an unsuccessful job interview? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharrowman Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 yes you are. What's your point? Are you just fed up that the gays got one over on the b&b christians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrod Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 yes you are. What's your point?No you're not, not if another interviewee comes over as potentially being easier to work with or gives the impression of being a better team player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 If you have, on paper, all the necessary experience and qualifications to do a particular job, aren't you being discriminated against in one form or another in an unsuccessful job interview? No - because there are things that are tested in a job interview that can't be covered by a CV. Apart from things like verbal communication, if you've put down you have experience of X, they can ask you questions about it to test the limits of your knowledge and understanding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharrowman Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Any employer will use his or her powers of discrimination in order to discriminate between one applicant or another. When one is forced to choose one person over another one is forced to be discriminatory. Or am I being pedantic? This paragraph could easily read ... Any employer will use his or her powers of differentiation in order to differentiate between one applicant or another. When one is forced to choose one person over another one is forced to differentiate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenadaInnit Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 What about jobs that are advertised which are already earmarked for someone? You go through the drama of applying for the job, being lucky to get shortlisted, going through all the prep and presentation and finally going for interview and don't get it and later find out that someone already doing the job has got it. This has happened to me in a government office. I was an outside candidate and I asked how the vacancy had arisen and the response was that we have a temp in place and we are planning on keeping him on. Had a moan to their HR department about that. Didn't get me anywhere though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeadingNorth Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Any employer will use his or her powers of discrimination in order to discriminate between one applicant or another. When one is forced to choose one person over another one is forced to be discriminatory. Or am I being pedantic? Probably you are, but the point is that employers are allowed to discriminate on the basis of ability, experience, how easy you are to work with and so on. They are not allowed to discriminate on various other bases - notably gender, race and sexual orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rupert_Baehr Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 yes you are. What's your point? Are you just fed up that the gays got one over on the b&b christians? What's your point? - Your reply has nothing to do with this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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