Originally Posted by
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Anytime a more qualified candidate doesn't get in the door, in favor of a lesser qualified applicant, I call it an error. You can call it diversification, or whatever. It's just nonsense being packaged as some sort of way of "leveling out the playing field." Whatever....
Lots of good people recommending lots of super qualified people. They ain't getting in the door. What's your term for that?
I really appreciate you keeping it as this dispassionate as possible. Honestly.
However, you are attributing a perceived failure of the UAL hiring system to things that I think coincide more with a larger view of your political opposition, rather than what is actually happening in our hiring department. There are definitely industries where what you are highlighting happens, I just believe based on the facts available to us, that ours is not one of those ( to any relevant degree). To observe that You see highly qualified candidates not getting the call and then make the leap that the calls are we given to minorities is just a bridge too far.
Like I said earlier, I don’t see any part of the process other than the face-to-face interview that would be able to bring more non-white males in for interviews. They go so far as to redact the sex and age on your passport when reviewing your application to avoid complaints of discrimination. So, the only place that I can see a preference given toward anyone would be in the face-to-face interview process. If you have made it that far, they are literally looking to make sure you will not embarrass the company in front of passengers and will be pleasant to pass a four day with.
I won’t argue with you that certain groups may have a higher pass rate there… But we are seriously talking about very small percent increases (1/6 is the overall fail rate in that section), not a systematic discrimination against highly qualified white males