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>They only source under-represented candidates via outbound recruiting efforts. Is this not a violation of the equal opportunity act?

• cyorir 10y ago
  As an applicant there isn't a whole lot you can do if you think a company is discriminatory in some way (either because you're a minority or because you aren't). As a transgender individual, I've learned to pre-screen the companies I apply to based on whether I think there's a risk the company will discriminate against me (either in the hiring process or after that). Location is the main factor I consider along these lines (no North Carolina employers for me).
• wayn3 10y ago
  Some people are more equal than others. Its just flipped directions. Deal with it. Be above this equality nonsense. People want to hire you or they do not. Nothing you can do about it.
  • ChemicalWarfare 10y ago
    +1 on the approach - I've been in situations where I wasted my time when later it became clear they were looking for an "under-represented" candidate. This is very visible in large companies where sometimes trying to move within the company you get blocked by the invisible HR quotas. Everyone knows who applied where and what kind of skills they have so it's very hard to hide, but still they won't admit this straight up. That said though - the very openness with which this institutionalized discrimination is taking place is more than a little annoying. Imagine if they went the other way around :)