Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
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Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#2No, it turns out that hiring someone because of their gender is discriminatory.
Disqualifying all male candidates due to their gender is discriminatory, just as disqualifying all female candidates due to their gender is discriminatory.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#3No, it turns out that hiring someone because of their gender is discriminatory. Disqualifying all male candidates due to their gender is discriminatory, just as disqualifying all female candidates due to their gender is discriminatory.
That's what the article says.
The problem is they want a diverse workforce. So the question becomes how do they hire for that?
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#4I think most people got this topic wrong, maybe because of all the promotion of women in IT, which mostly is good.
If I was a woman, I'd rather apply for someone looking for a developer, than someone looking for a woman - because then I knew I was hired because of my skills and personality - not my gender.
In legal terms, this is pretty much what you can do. You can hire a "person" not a person of a specific gender.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#5Consider advertising your jobs at less male-dominated college campuses? RIT is one of the worst offenders in this regard. I think that'd be a start.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#6I'm not sure I get it. The author asked his only female employee and his wife for feedback and the feedback was categorically negative yet he decided to proceed regardless?
I appreciate the intention but I don't think an 'honest' blog post is going to quell the controversy his tactic will undoubtedly drum up.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#7The problem is that this is discriminatory. If you are not hiring based solely on qualifications, and instead on gender, it is discriminating. If you were to switch the genders and say that you are only hiring men, it would be clearly sexist. However, if you do not accept well qualified men who would fit the job, it is seen as "breaking gender barriers". You should be hiring based on the applicant's experience, education, and how they fit in with company culture.
If you are worried about a gender gap, you should be looking at why fewer females apply. Once you remedy this, you will be able to consider an equal amount of applicants, and you should then choose them based on their experience instead of their gender. The title of this article makes it out as if people are trying to stop you from hiring women, when in fact, you are instead trying to justify discrimination.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#8No, it turns out that hiring someone because of their gender is discriminatory. Disqualifying all male candidates due to their gender is discriminatory, just as disqualifying all female candidates due to their gender is discriminatory.
That's what the article says. The problem is they want a diverse workforce. So the question becomes how do they hire for that?
The real problem is that there are not 50% women in IT. That means that not every company can have 50% women. If you make sure your company is a great place to work, I'm sure the people who apply for your job are also great.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#9No, it turns out that hiring someone because of their gender is discriminatory. Disqualifying all male candidates due to their gender is discriminatory, just as disqualifying all female candidates due to their gender is discriminatory.
That's what the article says. The problem is they want a diverse workforce. So the question becomes how do they hire for that?
That's not what the article title says.
Re: Turns out Hiring a Woman is Discriminatory
#10No, it turns out that hiring someone because of their gender is discriminatory. Disqualifying all male candidates due to their gender is discriminatory, just as disqualifying all female candidates due to their gender is discriminatory.
That's what the article says. The problem is they want a diverse workforce. So the question becomes how do they hire for that?
Forcing diversity doesn't work. They should instead find out how to get more minorities etc to apply in the first place to be considered equally with other candidates, without their applications being weighted over the others. Hiring based on experience no matter what gender or race you are, and becoming more diverse due to that, is better than discriminating against others for the sake of diversity.