Job interviews can be quite the balancing act. You want to answer questions thoughtfully and showcase your skills and suitability for a role, all while looking polished and not tripping over your feet as you enter/leave the room.
What makes the experience all the more daunting is the fact you have no way of telling what your prospective boss is thinking while this is going on. Are they judging you for wearing flat shoes? Did they notice you just used the word “great” twice in one sentence, or that you exaggerated just a little bit in the ‘Skills’ section of your resume?
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large people - when you work in a tiny place where you constantly have to squeeze past each other, you simply cannot hire someone you cannot squeeze past.
You realise that's discrimination, right? & not having space to move around sounds like an OH&S issue to me.
everything in the list is discrimination. i was hired because i was an older female. that is discrimination. just because people don't say it directly, when you are going for a job, all it is is discrimination.
eg. how you speak is probably based on your socio-economic status. not giving someone a job because they don't speak well, is discrimination.
not having room to move - i can see you've never worked in hospitality! lol
I'm a health professional and was responsible for hiring new interns. I have no tattoos but I actually have no qualms against them. I interviewed a fantastic intern with piecings and tattoos. He was extremely smart, had great bedside manner and ticked every box. HR rejected him with some BS excuse.
I didn't have too many deal breakers but my biggest one was inappropriate dressing. I once had a female turn up in white linen short shorts and a white singlet top. I had another student turn up in jeans and a midriff bearing top. I just hated sloppy dressing.