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Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If all human resources was being part scam and part class warfare on purpose, it’s not clear what they’d be doing differently

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• SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  One of my favorites was the one that contacted me saying that my experience at Microsoft made me an ideal candidate. They never responded after I pressed them for specifics.

  I have never worked for Microsoft.

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  • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I used to have the title “system administrator” in my resume. I guess recruiters were just going off of single keyword searches because I’d get all kinds of emails about unrelated administrative positions like “social security administrator.”

    My favorite example was when I got invited to apply for the position of “ocean administrator.” I looked it up at the time and it seemed to be about directing shipping traffic, but it’s more fun to imagine that I would have been in some way directing the ocean itself.

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    • PriorityMotif@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      The job in reality.

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      • toynbee@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It wouldn’t be King Triton?

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Poseidon’s intern

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• Railcar8095@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was rejected for a Master. I asked to know why and they told me it was because I needed a bachelor degree to apply.

  I had two. At the very top of my résumé. At least they accepted me after I pointed that out.

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• JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I have a simple rule that’s worked out really well for me to avoid getting recruiters like that. If their name is foreign, I don’t answer. To be clear, this isn’t me “doing a racism”. If they are from a company I’ve worked with and know to be good I’ll still pick up. But generally if they have an Indian name, they are part of a resume farm and not paying any attention. I’ve also started seeing ones from Africa this year that caught me off guard. Tried to talk to a couple before I realized what was going on amd stopped answering any of them. What’s really great is when they use the exact same introduction message.

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  • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    You can claim it’s not racism a million times. But, that doesn’t change the truth of it.

    I’m a natural US citizen of Indian heritage. I do the same thing as you: filter all recruiters with Indian names. It’s the only practical course of action.

    The difference between us is I admit that it’s racism. I’m far less likely to fall down the slippery slope.

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    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Racism implies an opinion of superiority based on race. We both filter based on race because of a systemic issue that overwhelming relies on Indian nationals, not a racial issue. I have no problem with indian recruiters from know good companies. If it were racism that wouldn’t be the case. Using the “slippery slope” as some sort of moral justification to it is just a logical fallacy. Do whatever makes you feel better about it though I guess.

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      • SirDerpy@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Racism implies an opinion of superiority based on race.

        No. You moved the goal post such that your actions aren’t included. The rest of your post is based on this false premise, minimization, and projection.

        racism

        noun

        Discrimination or prejudice based on race.

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      • BradleyUffner@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        No, racism is judging someone purely from an aspect of their race. Like say, ignoring calls from people with Indian sounding names.

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  • orcrist@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    What’s really funny is that you don’t know whether a name is foreign. If you’re actually interested in determining that, we could write you a quiz, and you can take it, and see how you score.

    It’s a big country, well I assume it is, I didn’t actually ask where you live, but you probably live in a large enough country where you just have no idea what normal names are, in the communities where you don’t reside.

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  • Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I work as a contractor in Pharma/Consumer goods AKA the FDA/DEA controlled territory. If i ignored people who differ from my caucasian/Irish ass i would bea very broke contractor.

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    • JigglySackles@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah I imagine so. That’s a very different scenario and it wouldn’t make sense to ignore a specific group. Getting cold calls from recruiters on LinkedIn is a very different scenario from that and I wouldn’t expect my situation to apply there at all.

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