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Is that a requirement made by Monster or by the company you are applying with? I don't think that applications made directly with employers in the private sector can require you to provide your race. That is illegal.
I have often wondered why this is asked when applying for jobs online. I have a feeling this is not being provided for employers though. On the other hand, it does open up the doors for discrimination if the info was ever passed on to the employers through some backdoor means.
Seriously though... If the potential employer wants to discriminate, there's nothing stopping them. While the candidate may get the interview, there is nothing forcing the employer to actually extend an offer.
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None of the hiring managers or others involved in hiring decisions are able to see that information. It's not stored with any names, just for compiling numbers. All big employers do it, on a form to provide data to the federal government.
Is that a requirement made by Monster or by the company you are applying with? I don't think that applications made directly with employers in the private sector can require you to provide your race. That is illegal.
They do. All of the applications I've completed asks for race. I do not understand why it matters.
I have often wondered why this is asked when applying for jobs online. I have a feeling this is not being provided for employers though. On the other hand, it does open up the doors for discrimination if the info was ever passed on to the employers through some backdoor means.
Seriously though... If the potential employer wants to discriminate, there's nothing stopping them. While the candidate may get the interview, there is nothing forcing the employer to actually extend an offer.
That is true. However, if you can't get the interview then you have no chance at all.
None of the hiring managers or others involved in hiring decisions are able to see that information. It's not stored with any names, just for compiling numbers. All big employers do it, on a form to provide data to the federal government.
If that is true, the question should be asked before all of your information is entered. Perhaps one of these days, I will do an experiment to satisfy my own curiosity.
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