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1StrongBlackMan

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34. Gee ...
Fri Jan 16, 2015, 04:55 PM
Jan 2015
though he didn't seem so worried about white women getting jobs.


I wonder why?

Regarding the "pool point" ... having worked in HR for a really long time, this is the single biggest fight that I have had with hiring authorities ... mono-chromatic/mono-gendered hiring pools. They interview 25 people for a job, none of which are PoC (or women), and they blank as to why their department is comprised of white males.

Then, they defend with ... "While we just can't seem to get PoC (women) to apply!" And the extent of their advertising for the post is putting the job up on the company website and accepting referrals from current employees.

I, once, bet an Engineering hiring manager (a staunch opponent of Affirmative Action because it made him hire lesser qualified, though PoC and female candidates) that if he allowed me to work with him, he would (at no additional cost) more than triple his 1st cut/screening pool of applicants (significantly improving the caliber of candidates for his consideration) AND, after the 1st screening, the remaining pool would have PoC and women (something that had never happened).

While the hiring manager ended up a white male for the position, 3 of the 5 candidates interviewed were, either, PoC or women. AND, the runner-up candidate was a Hispanic woman that the hiring manager was so impressed with, he made her an offer for another, higher status position.

During our bet settlement dinner, we discussed the recruitment and I told that this was exactly how Affirmative Action was supposed to work ... expand the pool to include PoC and women, by AFFIRMATIVELY marketing to them, then hire the best qualified.

By the time I left that company, he was a great advocate for Affirmative Action ... to the point that he had established relationships with 3 HBCUs, known to produce quality Engineering grads.

Race, diversity [View all] clydefrand Jan 2015 OP
What is this regarding? JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #1
Affirmative action, such a terrible thing randys1 Jan 2015 #2
I noticed that too in the OP JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #9
Hi - welcome to DU - Saving for example holly moon JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #12
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2015 #13
No problem JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #14
Right here at DU, so IMAGINE how bad this shit is on the right randys1 Jan 2015 #15
I know JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #16
I just wrote a OP for GD that I deleted, titled "Listen up, you racist assholes" randys1 Jan 2015 #18
Amazingly, Name Removed ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #25
That's name removed for ya! JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #30
I beg to differ ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #23
You are right, advantage is the wrong word...equality would be better there randys1 Jan 2015 #24
LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #27
I am lucky I had a mother who taught me what she did... randys1 Jan 2015 #28
If you don''t know clydefrand Jan 2015 #3
So it's not part of a general set of posts JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #4
1,000,000 ismnotwasm Jan 2015 #6
Honest question YarnAddict Jan 2015 #17
Because - JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #19
Interesting to get your perspective YarnAddict Jan 2015 #20
More managers like me JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #21
Continued vigilance in the areas noted to have a lack of diversity... Viligilance including ... uponit7771 Jan 2015 #26
So affirmative action is bad? randys1 Jan 2015 #10
what the hell are you talking about? La Lioness Priyanka Jan 2015 #7
An even better question than mine! JustAnotherGen Jan 2015 #8
Any green aliens that land on earth won't need our help dissentient Jan 2015 #11
We have NEVER had laws ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #22
You've been watching too much Fox News gollygee Jan 2015 #29
The bigger objective of Affirmative Action is ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #31
Aware of second point gollygee Jan 2015 #32
Gee ... 1StrongBlackMan Jan 2015 #34
What is this about? Funny how the only rec is now banned LG. uppityperson Jan 2015 #33
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