Originally Posted by
Rahlifer
A common theme I’ve noticed among many lifers is the old “Poor me. No one will hire me because all these women and dark skinned people are taking my job.” attitude. If you’re not getting the call, the problem is you. Nothing else.
It's certainly annoying, and it's also hypocritical BS.
But the reality is that there are very few diversity candidates out there so they are not taking ALL of the jobs. If I had to guess, maybe 5% of the non-diverse applicants lost out to diversity, ie would have been called or hired but lost out to someone with less qualifications based on diversity.
Most who aren't getting hired, are not quite competitive yet (or not making the effort).