HR Discrimination and Such
. If that makes you feel any better lol.
01-01-2013 | 05:02 AM
#85
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From: 737 Captain
So you have interviewed at a major in the last ten years?
I have had my apps in since the day I got my 1000 TPIC in '98.
My phone still has yet to ring from a major in the US.
Admittedly I did get close with TWA but AA bought them before I got the interview.
I was at a job fair in the Spring of 2001.
The UA rep wasn't really interested in talking to males.
He even insinuated that I had too much time for my age, 4000 TT and under 30.
Or some of the stories from buddies that interviewed at USAir.
The app window had closed some 3 months previous but yet there were females filling out the app just prior to the interview and being asked if they had any female friends that needed jobs.
The stories go on and on and UAL was quite possibly the biggest offender.
Admittedly one female that I though was a shoe in with UAL didn't get the job. I guess she was over qualified.
Now before you go thinking that I am anti-female, I am not.
I just want to see qualifications as the benchmark rather than gender or race.
Hopefully in the next wave of hiring some of the silliness will stop with HR.
I have had my apps in since the day I got my 1000 TPIC in '98.
My phone still has yet to ring from a major in the US.
Admittedly I did get close with TWA but AA bought them before I got the interview.
I was at a job fair in the Spring of 2001.
The UA rep wasn't really interested in talking to males.
He even insinuated that I had too much time for my age, 4000 TT and under 30.
Or some of the stories from buddies that interviewed at USAir.
The app window had closed some 3 months previous but yet there were females filling out the app just prior to the interview and being asked if they had any female friends that needed jobs.
The stories go on and on and UAL was quite possibly the biggest offender.
Admittedly one female that I though was a shoe in with UAL didn't get the job. I guess she was over qualified.
Now before you go thinking that I am anti-female, I am not.
I just want to see qualifications as the benchmark rather than gender or race.
Hopefully in the next wave of hiring some of the silliness will stop with HR.
01-01-2013 | 05:44 AM
#87
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From: 737 Captain
7 years later they hired me with almost the exact same civilian time (substitute 727 for DC-9). Where did you end up?
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01-01-2013 | 07:10 AM
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From: Reclined
OK, I'm sure there are some here that will disagree, however I and many others I know are aware that women and minorities go to the top of the resume pile at the majors and big boy freight haulers, as well as the regionals, nationals, etc.
That said, as a plain old American Caucasian I'm just one of the many swinging d**ks left in the pile that get sorted through after the above and then the "who you know" crowd as we also know that who you know is another way you make it in America.
Let's say I did some digging on my ancestry and "maybe" found some Cherokee in there way back when. So, now I'm an American Indian and damn proud. How is that going to sit if I list in on my resume when it asks the obligatory race question? The one that says you don't have to participate in and has no bearing on your application mind you.....right.
Does my resume get moved up toward the top?
That said, as a plain old American Caucasian I'm just one of the many swinging d**ks left in the pile that get sorted through after the above and then the "who you know" crowd as we also know that who you know is another way you make it in America.
Let's say I did some digging on my ancestry and "maybe" found some Cherokee in there way back when. So, now I'm an American Indian and damn proud. How is that going to sit if I list in on my resume when it asks the obligatory race question? The one that says you don't have to participate in and has no bearing on your application mind you.....right.
Does my resume get moved up toward the top?
Sorry, but you're SOL. My wife's grandmother was 1/4 Cherokee indian and lived on the reservation in Cherokee, NC. According to her, tribal law says that you must be at least 1/4 Cherokee blood to be considered a Cherokee indian.
Go ahead and put down on the app that you are native american and expect to be booted out of the interview soon after arrival.
The Govt requires far less to legally make the claim, than the tribe will require. Some states defer to the tribes, others don't. If he can find a way to check the box, do it. But be prepared to justify it.
