NewsVine_Mariyam
Diamond Member
I am surprised to hear that most of the resumes you receive are from people who don't meet the qualifications. What type of jobs are these?I did not say everyone was not qualified. For the most part, in my opinion, resumes get tossed because they arent qualified, regardless of race. and true, how many white people have the power to deny you? that is more of a power thing than a racial issue. Money is power. I have worked with blacks and I did not see where they were any less qualified to do the same job as me. I never said discrimination didn't exist. When I had a job to interview potential employees, I tossed more resumes from whites than blacks, they were not qualified. Again, you are like IM2, looking for racism where it doesnt exist, in me.
I recently received an invitation to attend a recruiting event at Amazon entitled 'Power to Fly'. They had a question & answer session after the panel presentation and I was again surprised to find out that several of the panel members had a background similar to mine, in fact two of them came from a Microsoft background and they encouraged me to apply with them after I explained that I had never applied for an Amazon development position because I just figured I didn't qualify because I didn't have the specific qualifications they were seeking. I did however have the general and overall development background experience they said they are looking for. And they are actively creating an environment were women and people of color can thrive. I've never encountered anything like this through my 30 year professional career.
