surely my race should make no difference to whether i am suitable for a job, so why even put it on a job application form?
2007-09-19 00:46:42 · 21 answers · asked by Stephen M 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
good point.
2007-09-19 00:51:31 · answer #1 · answered by Spot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That question is almost always on the equality and diversity section of the form and is not intended to be racist, although I'm sure some places do use it to sift out people of an ethnicity they don't want.
It can only be legally used for one purpose and that is to assist employers in ensuring that they are attracting the comparative number of people to any job that will match the demographics of the area.
For example, if in the local population 10% of people are Asian then they should be aiming to have a workforce that is also 10% Asian.
I bet the form also asked for your religion, so if like where I live, 90% of the population are Christian then 90% of the workforce should be so.
Personnally I think it is just all B@ll@cks. If you're good enough to do a job you should be given it regardless of race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability etc etc, basically anything mentioned on these forms.
2007-09-19 17:33:51 · answer #2 · answered by steve 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are not obliged to put that information on an application form but most companies use it only for monitoring purposes. So that they can say stuff like they are a multi-racial employer and stuff. If you don't want to put it on don't - you will usually have an option that says "prefer not to answer".
2007-09-19 07:52:41 · answer #3 · answered by Nicola 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's for companies who are monitoring diversity - ie: how many people of which ethnic origin they are employing. Basically it could be used for positive discrimination although the job should always go to the best applicant not just to fulfil a quota.
2007-09-19 07:53:30 · answer #4 · answered by susie03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends if it's a Tesco application form they make sure they don't pick the White British!
Listen to this.....A few years ago my mate applied to work in Tesco, just for a part time job, didn't get it, He's white british, he applied again saying he was polish, they offered him a job, (obviously couldn't go coz he was English), tried again saying he was white british, didn't get it, tried again saying he was black british, got offered a job!
It's bldy ridiculous.....talk about racism!!
2007-09-19 07:56:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
it has more to do with the company showing people that they are not racist by proving they employ people of all races. It goes into human resources along with the stats about single or married, male or female. You are not obliged to answer these questions by law so if you like, leave it blank
2007-09-19 07:54:07 · answer #6 · answered by heleneaustin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Two reasons,, Either the company is covertly racial or they are trying to broaden the ethnicity of their workforce so might give a minority person a bit of priority over a majority race person.. It is racism in reverse. .
2007-09-19 07:55:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
So the companies can make sure they hire the right amount of minorities (so as to be PC)- so therefore it does affect whether or not you get the job (although legally it shouldn't!).
2007-09-19 07:52:50 · answer #8 · answered by David 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they need to have their quota of all walks in case they get done for equal opportunities and stuff.
2007-09-19 08:02:47 · answer #9 · answered by Paula R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To enable race discrimination.
2007-09-19 07:56:41 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you have to complete that... but employers these days must ensure they hire enough people from minorities so I suppose that helps them to do so.
2007-09-19 08:29:31 · answer #11 · answered by Well, said Alberto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋