![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Ever worked...
...in a country that is now in the "axis of evil"?
Then there's at least one online job-hunting site that doesn't like you.
The article also quotes denials by the company. But if they remove all mention of the countries from the menu tools, and scatter "[country deleted]" all over existing CVs, it's certainly going to create the impression of discrimination. And in many ways, that impression IS discrimination.
I have an Iranian colleague. I'm pretty sure that he left Iran all those years ago because of its present government. So why penalise him? Oh, sorry, he's Iranian, therefore he's <dio>EEEEEEEEEvil</dio>
Then there's at least one online job-hunting site that doesn't like you.
Starting on Thursday, [monster.com] will remove listings selected from its scroll-down menus -- used when creating or modifying a resume -- that refer to seven countries: Burma/Myanmar, Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Sudan and Syria.
The article also quotes denials by the company. But if they remove all mention of the countries from the menu tools, and scatter "[country deleted]" all over existing CVs, it's certainly going to create the impression of discrimination. And in many ways, that impression IS discrimination.
I have an Iranian colleague. I'm pretty sure that he left Iran all those years ago because of its present government. So why penalise him? Oh, sorry, he's Iranian, therefore he's <dio>EEEEEEEEEvil</dio>