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That would be true if you don't have any video calls, or all the interviews are done without resume screening...
by tandr 6y ago
That would be true if you don't have any video calls, or all the interviews are done without resume screening...
- tonyedgecombe 6y agoI sense an opportunity for some anti-aging software.
- john4532452 6y agoExactly that's my point which i should have been explicit. Currently technology exists to smoothen wrinkles in real time video. Also considering asking for age is not legal in may places this would significant avoid age bias.
- tandr 6y agoSomehow, Scanner Darkly's pictures of anonymity shell comes to mind...
- ThePadawan 6y agoYou should try coming to Europe. I have repeatedly had to tell recruiters that no, I am not adding a picture and date of birth to my CV. They were completely baffled by the concept.
- mgkimsal 6y agoAre you meaning they expect that in Europe? I've not seen it asked for in the US.
- ThePadawan 6y agoYes, the first sentence was meant to follow "You think that's bad, ..."
- 908B64B197 6y agoWhy they would try to open themselves to discrimination lawsuits is beyond me.
- ThePadawan 6y agoNo one over here is as sue-happy as the US is (at least in popular perception).
- 908B64B197 6y agoFor discrimination maybe they should. It's quite an important issue.
- tmstieff 6y agoGermany and Sweden are the top 2 most litigious countries in the world, so I guess perception is off.[1] The USA is still in the top 5 though. [1] https://www.academia.edu/35495485/The_Most_Litigious_Countries_in_the_World https://www.academia.edu/35495485/The_Most_Litigious_Countri...
- tandr 6y agoWell, the fact that I have more than 25 years of experience kind of tells that I am not a 28 years old anymore, doesn't it? Also, I think it is pretty standard in Europe (and I think I saw this in Australia too) to refer to person in newspaper as Name, <age>, which makes it a "common practice" of sorts... It is hard to hide an age :)
- ThePadawan 6y agoThe way one recruiter explained it to me is "they want to build a mental image of the candidate while looking at the CV". So either (a) they want to discriminate (even subconsciously, like thinking 'I can't imagine this face having this experience) or (b) (which I find more likely) they just want to turn away candidates before investing the 30-45min first call that's meant to establish that the CV and the person actually go together (and the candidate hasn't just made wild shit up). So "understandable" but undefendable in my eyes.