Seems a silly title for an article, but a rational one. For the world of job hunting has took another more sinister approach, and one I find appalling. For discrimination against men is rising and rising and getting a job as a man is considerably more bleak.
After having an interview with HSBC and obviously failing, they gave me an overview of the interview. They then told me I had met all the criteria for this role as cashier but they couldn't take the application further.
So why's that? I met the criteria, surely I can go to the assessment centre and carry onto the final stage of the recruitment process. Only I didn't meet the full criteria. The only criteria I met was the one we can all see. Can you communicate? Is your experience relevant? So on and so forth.
The hidden criteria is all the more different. It's based on not what you can do, but what you are. Ever filled out an equal opportunity form? There's one way of implementing that hidden criteria. They refer to is as positive discrimination, but discrimination should never be considered positive.
If the UK truly wants to become an equal society then it's time to break down these labels. The workplace needs to stop looking at people as a man or a woman. Or white or black. People should be people and if they're the best person for the job, give them the job.
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