I did some training with the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland some time ago, and since then I've been actively ignoring anything that people put on their CVs that is not relevant to the position they have applied for. Aside from experience and education background, additional information should be limited to facts that are relevant to the position (e.g. do you need a work permit, can you speak the same language as the rest of the team)
I wish people would stop including the information as then it takes away the risk that they can't later claim that they didn't get the job because of their age, sex, martial status, etc.
They have some guidance on how to encourage equal opportunities in the job application process [0], the monitoring questions here [1] should be seen as things that should not be asked in a standard application process, nor included in a CV.
There's many attributes that we can't legally discriminate against when someone applies for a position [2]. We might be a little more aware of trying to ensure the process is fair and balanced, and it's certainly quite different from other parts of the UK and Europe.
No probs, what's been keeping the issues under control here is the Belfast (Good Friday) agreement [0], which (among lots of other things):
- grants dual nationality (British and Irish) to all the people born in Northern Ireland (simplified, there's a bit of complexity in there)
- allows for the Northern Ireland to become part of a United Ireland if the majority of people in Ireland wish it
IMO there's been a voice of reason coming from the middle ground, but this election has seen the province move more towards tribalism and the middle ground parties loosing their seats.
Northern Ireland person here, I'm afraid you have it backwards. The DUP is strongly opposed to a united Ireland, and (until very recently) have supported a border of some description with Ireland.
Sinn Fein are for a united Ireland, but do not take up their seats in Westminster.
The DUP have obtained 10 seats in this election (Sinn Fein have 7), and a coalition between the Conservatives and the DUP looks likely. The DUP has been bigger supporters of the Conservatives, and of Brexit.
They are in the UK, certainly here in Northern Ireland at least. On the way out of Enniskillen there's an estate with them on it, but you can clearly see the difference between the non-solar and solar tiles in the roof. Here's a couple of products [0] and [1] (I'm not affiliated or connected in any way, just been looking into this while planning my own house).
There's also this stuff [2] but I've never actually seen it installed anywhere yet. It takes a completely different approach and is more like a metal roof than slates.
Unfortunately some of us have terrible memories, and are really important events, such first memories with our children are fading only a few years later.
Having technology that captures this automatically for me is huge! I'd love to have it recording all the time, and to spend a little time each day highlighting the fun bits.
Time with my kids is precious to me, its fun, its good, and I'm sure that both me and them will want to remember them. Having a crap memory sucks, having a piece of technology to do it for me is worth every penny.
I wish people would stop including the information as then it takes away the risk that they can't later claim that they didn't get the job because of their age, sex, martial status, etc.
They have some guidance on how to encourage equal opportunities in the job application process [0], the monitoring questions here [1] should be seen as things that should not be asked in a standard application process, nor included in a CV.
There's many attributes that we can't legally discriminate against when someone applies for a position [2]. We might be a little more aware of trying to ensure the process is fair and balanced, and it's certainly quite different from other parts of the UK and Europe.
[0] https://www.equalityni.org/ECNI/media/ECNI/Publications/Empl...
[1] https://www.equalityni.org/Employers-Service-Providers/Small...
[2] https://www.nibusinessinfo.co.uk/content/equality-law-and-ty...
*edit - fixed formatting of references