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Atheists & Agnostics

marylandblue

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4. I suspect it's to get an inside track with a like-minded firm

Reply to MANative (Original post)

Mon Aug 14, 2017, 10:52 AM

Aug 2017

Last edited Mon Aug 14, 2017, 01:18 PM - Edit history (1)

who presumably will regard her as more trustworthy due to her religion. Sort of like when you see a Christian message on the back of a plumber's truck. It's a method of drumming up business from other Christians.

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I just got an email from a job applicant which had... [View all] MANative Aug 2017 OP

Don't mention it in your rejection! Sedona Aug 2017 #1

Well aware! 30 years in HR has prepared me more than adequately. :) MANative Aug 2017 #2

Yup, I'm in real estate and totally hyper aware of protected classes. Sedona Aug 2017 #3

Protected class? progressoid Aug 2017 #15

I suspect it's to get an inside track with a like-minded firm marylandblue Aug 2017 #4

That's when I run the other direction! MANative Aug 2017 #9

That's it exactly. trotsky Aug 2017 #13

She's (A) extremely proud of her religiosity and (B) thinks it will help her land a job. LonePirate Aug 2017 #5

And no doubt that (B) would be a help in some locations. Not here! n/t MANative Aug 2017 #8

This may be an indicator that the applicant TheDebbieDee Aug 2017 #6

That's my take, too. If her skills are adequate and she were to be offered the job... MANative Aug 2017 #7

Or just a prose-liar.... WillParkinson Aug 2017 #17

I would reject the applicant because... Binkie The Clown Aug 2017 #10

Sounds reasonable to me! MANative Aug 2017 #11

Send her to Oklahoma Runningdawg Aug 2017 #12

LOL - I might even offer to pay for the trip! MANative Aug 2017 #14

You're nicer than I am Brainstormy Aug 2017 #16

Make her pee in a cup. Freelancer Aug 2017 #18