Ask HN: For job applications do the voluntary disclosures matter? Why have them?
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Although not explicitly illegal, asking these kind of questions in another country would open up the risk of being sued for discrimination in case a person belonging to a minority wouldnt get the job.
Ive always wondered about the US' obsession with racial heritage (I thought that got settled in 1945) etc.
Ive always wondered about the US' obsession with racial heritage (I thought that got settled in 1945) etc.
Much like many other contentious issues, powerful people benefit from keeping racism or at least the fear of racism alive.
These questions are asked (at least in the US context) due to required reporting to the EEOC: https://www.eeoc.gov/data/eeo-data-collections
It’s been awhile since I was a hiring manager but I was told the company gets paid thousands by the federal government for each Hispanic person they hire.
He said he puts "choose not to disclose" or the closest option to that for every choice. He figured his answers could only hurt him, because he doesn't fit into any 'diverse' categories.
I was wondering, do the answers to these questions matter at all in terms of the candidate's chances of success? And moreover, why is any of this asked in the first place? I haven't applied for work formally in a long time, so this all came as a shock to see.