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Originally Posted by Homeslice
For the first guy in that article, I don't see what his issue is. With his kind of background, he's going to be applying for Fortune 500, investment banks, etc....and in most of those companies there is a shortage of Black employees. Why hide that you're Black when the HR departments of those companies are actively trying to improve the diversity of their firms?
Also, how are these people dressing for their interview, and what kind of hairstyle are they wearing? I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt and assume it was professional, but you never know.
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I don't know how it is in other areas of the country as the culture seems to be different there.
Here in NYC, for those looking to build careers at fortune 500 companies its the same standard of dress for all. Hairstyles?
Generic close cut or clean shaven.
For woman, pulled all the way back.
Despite all the diversity bullshit they push everywhere, all the pointless ethics courses and all the rest of the BS.
There are still jokes over names.
There are still assumptions that all black people are like "that guy in mail room" who listens to rap music and talks like a hoodlum.
HR people, who are constantly bombarded with all the legal crap and endless seminars on how to "celebrate diversity" see the "black" sounding names and switch gears. While with the normal sounding names they just focus on the content on the resume and whether it is the right fit for the job, when dealing with potential minorities the focus shifts to the negative. It goes from focusing on the fit of the applicant to the job to thoughts about the last diversity course or procedure review. the applicant becomes associated with any negative feelings generated by having to take "another stupid required course".
It doesn't help that during the commute, if your taking public transportation that you have to deal with the lower rungs of society. then the assumption is all the scruffy white guys are contractors, all the spanish looking guys are illegals and all the black guys are hoodlums.
Those assumptions can sneak up on you if you are going over resumes.