> No one throws away a resume in a public meeting declaring she’s too old, queer, brown, and Muslim. I was a recruiter for 9 years. Discrimination at an indiv

> No one throws away a resume in a public meeting declaring she’s too old, queer, brown, and Muslim. I was a recruiter for 9 years. Discrimination at an individual level is rampant, but the type of discrimination varies. One hiring manager told me a woman was the best he’d interviewed, but he heard kids in the background & wouldn’t hire her because he didn’t want to risk her going out on maternity leave. A manager told me he threw out all resumes with names sounding like they’d be from a specific country because he thought they all had poor communication skills. It’s really common for hiring managers to insist on 3 to 5 years of experience because they’re likely to be young and willing to work a lot of unpaid overtime.