Who do we want to employ? Sorry I can't say!
Who do we want to employ? Sorry I can't say!
Monday, 21 July 2008 16:00
If you have been sending out numerous CV's and not getting anywhere, do not be disheartened. It's more than likely that for most of your applications you were a non runner from the start - usually because of no fault of your own!
When it comes to advertising a job, political correctness knows no boundaries and unfortunately it is getting harder to actually indicate who you would like to employ. The latest slap on the wrist for me came when advertising a job which included the naughty phrase; "Salary dependent upon experience".
I received the following reply,"We have amended your vacancy advert as "salary dependent upon experience" may contravene the new age discrimination legislation. Your advert now reads "salary unspecified".
On a previous occasion when wishing to indicate that the job would only be suitable for someone from Bournemouth as it involved contact with local clients, I was told that this was discriminatory to anyone who was not from Bournemouth???
These restrictions are particularly niggling to me, because in most instances the criteria for employment in web design and development can be more flexible than any other industry I can think of. I am able to employ candidates who have disabilities, from any race, religion age, gender and even any location, including overseas and already do. Currently I have full time employee's that live and work at their home addresses which are 100's of miles from Bournemouth and it is not a problem. So in the instances when I want someone who meets a specific criteria, I would like to be able to say so!
The bit that has been forgotten through political correctness (legislation), is that businesses just want the most suitable person for the job and will employ the best person who apply's (I remember watching a programme where entrepreneurs were asked the secret to their success and one guy said, "Surround yourself with good people and when asked if liking your employee's was important - the response was; "If they are good - you force yourself to like them").
I'm guessing that this is how most businesses also work. We all want the most suited person for the job, but because of political correctness we are not allowed to include enough clues as to who this may be in the job description.
Not being able to indicate who you wish to employ in my opinion helps no-one. If I can't indicate that the person must be local does not change the fact that I will only employ someone who is. Unfortunately this means that I have to sift through piles of CV's that have been sent by enthusiastic applicants who wont get the job. My heart goes out to the applicants who must get disillusioned at the 100's of CV's they have sent out without the offer of a job
Remember when you enquire about a position, unfortunately the following will apply;
Of course you can apply for the job - but only because I'm not allowed to tell you that you are unsuitable it will be a total waste of your time.
I received the following reply,"We have amended your vacancy advert as "salary dependent upon experience" may contravene the new age discrimination legislation. Your advert now reads "salary unspecified".
On a previous occasion when wishing to indicate that the job would only be suitable for someone from Bournemouth as it involved contact with local clients, I was told that this was discriminatory to anyone who was not from Bournemouth???
These restrictions are particularly niggling to me, because in most instances the criteria for employment in web design and development can be more flexible than any other industry I can think of. I am able to employ candidates who have disabilities, from any race, religion age, gender and even any location, including overseas and already do. Currently I have full time employee's that live and work at their home addresses which are 100's of miles from Bournemouth and it is not a problem. So in the instances when I want someone who meets a specific criteria, I would like to be able to say so!
The bit that has been forgotten through political correctness (legislation), is that businesses just want the most suitable person for the job and will employ the best person who apply's (I remember watching a programme where entrepreneurs were asked the secret to their success and one guy said, "Surround yourself with good people and when asked if liking your employee's was important - the response was; "If they are good - you force yourself to like them").
I'm guessing that this is how most businesses also work. We all want the most suited person for the job, but because of political correctness we are not allowed to include enough clues as to who this may be in the job description.
Not being able to indicate who you wish to employ in my opinion helps no-one. If I can't indicate that the person must be local does not change the fact that I will only employ someone who is. Unfortunately this means that I have to sift through piles of CV's that have been sent by enthusiastic applicants who wont get the job. My heart goes out to the applicants who must get disillusioned at the 100's of CV's they have sent out without the offer of a job
Remember when you enquire about a position, unfortunately the following will apply;
Of course you can apply for the job - but only because I'm not allowed to tell you that you are unsuitable it will be a total waste of your time.
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