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| Feb 12, 2015 at 21:08 | history | edited | Fenali | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 12, 2015 at 21:03 | comment | added | Fenali | @Peteris Guess I wasn't clear in my comment: the ethnicity field in applications I meant is indeed optional: like Chris mentioned, it's at the end of an application with explanation on why it's included and applicants are in no way obligated to answer. Many smaller/younger firms don't even have this optional field nowadays (e.g. high-tech)—diversity monitoring isn't as big a priority—whereas large corporations are more proactive in finding out if they skew towards a particular ethnic group that often result in legal consequences. Good to know that it's handled in the UK similarly. | |
| Feb 12, 2015 at 16:30 | comment | added | Chris H | @Peteris: In the UK this information is collected with the application information but not as part of it. Online it's usually the last page of an application with an explanatory note. On paper it was a separate sheet to the application form, often (at large employers/recruiters) with its own envelope or self-sealing so that it wasn't read with the form. This is for diversity monitoring. | |
| Feb 12, 2015 at 8:55 | comment | added | Peteris | It may be culture dependent, but in much of western world job application forms are a prime example where you'll never find a field "ethnicity". Using ethnicity "in the early stage of screening process" is explicitly illegal. Also, even if you actually don't apply this information in a discriminatory manner, in many jurisdictions asking for ethnicity would put the burden on proof on you that it really wasn't a factor in making the decision, which isn't easy to prove. Questions about ethnicity are generally considered prohibited even in job interviews, much less job applications. | |
| Feb 12, 2015 at 5:12 | history | answered | Fenali | CC BY-SA 3.0 |