Workplace discrimination through application questionaires

Workplace discrimination through application questionaires

The Issue

Is there anything right about a computer judging the people that are apllying for a job. I think not. The best way to get an idea of the applicant is through a fact-face interview.

I recently filled out an application for Toys R US online, did the questionaire, and before the store opened the next day I recieved the following e-mail:

Dear Sean,

Thank you for your interest in the Sales Associate position. Unfortunately, we currently do not have an opening that matches your qualifications and experience.

If you experience a change in the future that you believe may improve your qualifications for this position, please feel free to re-apply at that time.

Once again, thank you for your interest in Toys R US.

Sincerely,

Please do not reply to this email. Replies will not be responded to or read. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the manager of the site where you applied for a position

I contacted the manger Karen at the store I applied for, and she verified to me that I was judged for the position by a computer through the questionaire process. This is pure discrimination, as someone who is more qualified, but doesn't answer the questions correctly would be denied employment.

If we are to help out the workforce, and lower unemployment we need to force workers to change these practices.

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Sean CrystalPetition StarterWhat do you want to know? I'm 21 and have lived my entire life in SouthEast Idaho. I began questioning our government and where we're headed while I was still fairly young. I decided when I was 13 to pick up on what would become possibly the most contreversial topic of my time: Marijuana. It is through my learnings that I decided to go my own way. I dropped out of High School when I was around 15, since then I have been through the system, created a website, gotten out of the system, been overseas (vacation), quit smoking cigarettes, got my GED, and am now preparing for college. Now if marijuana were so harmful to society why have I had the oppurtunities to do what I've done, coming from a low-income family. It certainly wasn't from selling or growing marijuana or making other illicit drugs. It was from determination. I wanted to prove that a daily marijuana smoker can have just as good of a life as a non-smoker. Time and money management is what achieved these things.
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The Issue

Is there anything right about a computer judging the people that are apllying for a job. I think not. The best way to get an idea of the applicant is through a fact-face interview.

I recently filled out an application for Toys R US online, did the questionaire, and before the store opened the next day I recieved the following e-mail:

Dear Sean,

Thank you for your interest in the Sales Associate position. Unfortunately, we currently do not have an opening that matches your qualifications and experience.

If you experience a change in the future that you believe may improve your qualifications for this position, please feel free to re-apply at that time.

Once again, thank you for your interest in Toys R US.

Sincerely,

Please do not reply to this email. Replies will not be responded to or read. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the manager of the site where you applied for a position

I contacted the manger Karen at the store I applied for, and she verified to me that I was judged for the position by a computer through the questionaire process. This is pure discrimination, as someone who is more qualified, but doesn't answer the questions correctly would be denied employment.

If we are to help out the workforce, and lower unemployment we need to force workers to change these practices.

avatar of the starter
Sean CrystalPetition StarterWhat do you want to know? I'm 21 and have lived my entire life in SouthEast Idaho. I began questioning our government and where we're headed while I was still fairly young. I decided when I was 13 to pick up on what would become possibly the most contreversial topic of my time: Marijuana. It is through my learnings that I decided to go my own way. I dropped out of High School when I was around 15, since then I have been through the system, created a website, gotten out of the system, been overseas (vacation), quit smoking cigarettes, got my GED, and am now preparing for college. Now if marijuana were so harmful to society why have I had the oppurtunities to do what I've done, coming from a low-income family. It certainly wasn't from selling or growing marijuana or making other illicit drugs. It was from determination. I wanted to prove that a daily marijuana smoker can have just as good of a life as a non-smoker. Time and money management is what achieved these things.

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