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Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by mcntsh on Friday April 29, 2022 @06:42AM (#31203540)
In the US, you're asked your ethnicity, gender, and sexuality on every job application. Just saying.
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Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by jpindar on Friday April 29, 2022 @08:34AM (#31204311)
And they almost always say that that information is optional and will not afffect the hiring process.
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Re:Hacking attractiveness biases in hiring? The role of beau... by autoexec on Friday April 29, 2022 @10:08AM (#31205303)
of course if that were true they wouldn't be asking, just like how they don't ask about what brand of dish soap I use or how I feel about aardvarks or anything else that actually doesn't matter to them. I wish they'd just be honest about it.
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