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a particular company with a certain political/religious bent even though she doesn't share those same leanings?
There are some national companies with reputations for either a right wing or left wing attitude. If somebody is looking for a job and is educated and qualified will hiring official automatically assume applicant has similar attitudes as the old company? I know they can't ask that kind of question.
Our daughter has an excellent history of employment with one of those companies and she will be seeking employment in a completely different area of the country soon and is wondering if she will hit a wall of resistance because of the reputation of this company. She has been swallowing her tongue for a few years now because she likes her particular job and boss while she does not like what the company stands for. It's time for a new direction for her.
Not necessarily. Unless she's working for the Westboro Baptist Church, etc.
For example: Fox News is considered very right-wing. So you could tweak the resume to say "Fox Broadcasting". I did something similar when I worked for conservative company, I used the parents' company name which was lesser known.
I think just a minor resume tweak and she'll be fine. But I also wouldn't sweat other people's attitudes. Unless she works for a completely RIDICULOUS company that has been ridiculed in popular media, she's good.
But as one other poster suggested in a DM she can simply say "her values and those of her previous employer reached a crossroads". I think that speaks volumes without denigrating the previous employer.
With a private company probably not. With non profits I would say yes. Non profits can be issue based and it is generally assumed you agree with the mission statement. I've seen some profiles on linkedin where people have been unemployed for quite some time and each of them worked at various non profits that when strung together nearly create a political profile. One is a huge secular humanist in....Atlanta!
I used to work for a company that some might have thought was to the right because they sponsored a nascar team. Frankly it wasn't in the least bit true. I was never pressured to do anything politically and most probably had no clue what corporate did with donations and probably didn't care either way.
It really depends on the job and the circumstances.
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