How Employers Weed Out Unemployed Job Applicants, Others, Behind the Scenes

[Donnachaidh]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/14/unemployed-job-applicants-discrimination_n_809010.html

An Indianapolis restaurant posted a Craigslist job ad on Dec. 15 for a bar manager who must "be able to handle the guests, give outstanding service, ensure excellent product from the bar and food side." The ad lists one other important requirement: "Must be currently employed!"

Such ads, several of which appear on job sites every day, showcase a not-so-subtle approach to hiring discrimination.

There are more secretive and systemic forms of hiring discrimination, however, a government attorney and a staffing insider say.

Bob Rose, a supervisory trial attorney for the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, told HuffPost he frequently comes across cases of companies using codewords in employer profiles that indicate to a staffing firm the particular race, gender or age they want in a candidate.

"A lot of it's under the radar," Rose said. "We had a case in Buffalo where a number of former full-time employees at a staffing firm came forward to tell us about how the agency complied with these discriminatory requests, using codewords for whites and codewords for blacks internally to mask some of it. If an employer submits a profile sheet to a staffing agency, we see them use a code on it so the employee who ends up filling the job knows, 'Oh, I can't send blacks,' or 'I can't send women.' There are all kinds of violations going on."

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[Joanne98]

1. SCUM!

[maryf]

2. disgusting

but, but, I thought the days of bigotry were over??? :sarcasm:
Thanks, K&R...

[Le Taz Hot]

3. I responded recently to a Craig's List ad

that asked for "young, energetic . . . " I responded with an e-mail (no resume) suggesting they consult an HR specialist as to the legality of their ad. They responded by sending me a form letter stating, "Thank you for your resume . . . " :shrug:

[Donnachaidh]

5. oh hell, that *young energetic* crap is SOP in Atlanta Craigslist job listings

We're a right to work state so we don't expect anyone to charge out and start looking into that nonsense anytime soon. It was pretty sickening to deal with.

[aikoaiko]

4. One time at a managerial workshop, we were advised that it was ok to ...

...to show applicants a calendar of when we were open for business and ask if there were any days they knew they would need off (for any reason).

Some of use wondered if this was a way around about non-Christian religious holidays.

[ck4829]

6. K&R

[PA Democrat]

7. Shoots down the right wing crap about the unemployed not wanting to work,

doesn't it?

[XanaDUer]

8. I saw ads like that in the Atlanta Journal Constitution

and my jaw hit the floor!