PRONOUNSPutting your pronouns on your CV/resume/job application hurts your chances of getting the job.

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[–]IkeConn 14 insightful - 4 fun14 insightful - 3 fun15 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

Nobody wants to hire a drama queen.

[–]JulienMayfair 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's a warning label, like the biohazard symbol.

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly!

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (2 children)

A recent report found job applicants who put 'they/them' pronouns on their resume are often overlooked in the job process as the pronouns are seen as less qualified and lead to fewer interviews.

The study was based on a non-scientific sending of blind resumes to job employers. The only difference in resumes was the use of pronouns. Those with they/them - pronouns that are used by transgender or nonbinary people - can hurt the job process.

When the employers were asked for feedback on the study, 'several hiring managers revealed blatant biases and even bigotry against nonbinary job seekers,' according to the report.

The report, published in March, claimed 80 percent of nonbinary people believe that identifying as 'nonbinary' hurts their job search, and more than half believe their 'gender identity' has affected their workplace experience negatively.

The company spoke to 400 nonbinary individuals and discussed their experiences to understand perceived prejudice against them based on their gender identities. Most of the participants in our study preferred to use 'they/them' pronouns.

The researchers sent out two identical phantom resumes to '180 unique job postings that were explicitly open to entry-level candidates' in an effort to test 'whether or not the inclusion of gender-neutral pronouns impacts how employers perceive resumes.'

The study included a gender-ambiguous name, 'Taylor Williams.'

The only difference between the test and control resumes was the presence of gender pronouns on the test version, according to the report.

The test resume included 'they/them' pronouns under the name in the header.' She/her and he/him pronouns were not tested.

The conclusions showed the phantom resume including pronouns received 8 percent less interest than the one without and fewer interview and phone screening invitations.

I’m guessing the people screening CVs recognised that they/thems are fucking nightmares for morale and group cohesion because they’re self-entitled millennial cunts and, thankfully, being a cunt is not a protected characteristic.

[–]IMissPorn 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I'm surprised. Eight percent less interest is smaller effect than I would have thought.

[–]LyingSpirit472 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well, it can be assumede "80 percent less interest and 20 percent 'terrified screeners who think 'if I don't hire this drama queen they're going to sue us and I'll lose my job. I'll put them in the interview list; it's the interviewer's problem now."

[–]LtGreenCo 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That's because the people reading the resumes are boomers or gen x or older millennials who understand when they see those pronouns it means the person is an entitled and bratty big fat liability to the company.

[–]hfxB0oyADon't piss on my head & tell me it's raining. 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'd bet that I could put "fucking retard" on my resume and get more callbacks than the pronoun fairies.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Good

[–]Ferretman 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I sure as heck wouldn't hire them.

[–]UncleWillard56 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Shhhhh! Them putting there pronouns on the resume is a guarantee we won't have to deal with them.

[–]Node 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Pronouns are lame. Ask me about my adjectives.

[–]wylanderuk 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Its a smaller effect than I though it might be, but I also would not be surprised that putting any other pronoun in the same way would have the same differences.

Then again it would probably be HR that does the prefiltering and that is ground zero for this type of bullshit...

[–]ClassroomPast6178[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It seems that they deliberately didn’t look at pronouns other than they/them.

Be hilarious if they didn’t shortlist they/thems because they were favouring she/hers.

[–]wylanderuk 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What would be a bit more interesting is interview results.

[–]Femaleisnthateful 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I suspect many organizations, specifically government, prioritize genderspecials as a means to meet DIE benchmarks.

[–]BenitoGreen99 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've spoken to a number of business leaders where l live and they all agree that hiring wokesters who use pronouns, is hiring activists who bring nothing to the company.

[–]Dragonerne 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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