Originally Posted by
Southerner
Actually, he's incorrect. EEOC is measured not by qualification, but rather by determining what percentage of the population were hired. You shouldn't see a dramatic difference in the percentage of men hired versus women hired. The selection of interviewees is the same regardless of gender. To determine compliance with the law, JetBlue must show that there isn't a significant difference in hiring stats for the protected classes.
I’m not following you here. Are you saying that if 90 men and 10 women apply for 10 jobs, then 5 men and 5 women should be hired? It doesn’t matter what percentages are in the general population, it matters what the percentage of the applicants are. At least, that’s the logical or mathematical answer. In the above scenario, statistics say that 9 men and 1 woman should be hired, all things being equal. That way, everyone (both the men and the women) have a 10% chance of being hired. Based on that pool, and of course equal qualifications, you don’t hire 5 men and 5 women because the general population is 50/50.
Maybe I just misunderstood your post, because there should definitely be a higher percentage of men in a class then women since the applicant pool presumably has a much greater percentage of men. I’m in no way saying that people should be hired based on the makeup of the applicant pool. I’m just saying that statistically, that’s what will happen on its own.