I have been spending my days lately applying for jobs like a madman.. Oh sorry for all of you politically or sexually correct people I meant to say like a madwoman. There has been a few companies that have asked some really random questions in the application process. It has lead me to wonder why the heck they are asking these questions.
When you start out the process you are supposed to read a really long user agreement that has many paragraphs about what they can and can not do with your information and how they are all "Equal Opportunity Employers" This is nice to see. Near the end of the process it does ask this question which you do not have to answer:
Members of Visible Minorities are persons, other than Aboriginal Peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour. Do you consider yourself to be a member of a visible minority group?
I am just wondering the point of this, why do they even bother asking? In my opinion if they are a "Equal Opportunity Employer" then it should not matter wether or not you consider yourself a visible minority or not. I mean I was tempted to select yes and then see what happens if they interview. Oh well.. Maybe there is some reason for this that I am not aware of. But personally I think they should take everyones application into consideration without caring what minority, background, religion, race, age, sex as long as they are qualified.
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I think they're meaning equal opportunity as in they have to have a certain percentage of non-white people working for them...so if you ID yourself as a minority, you might have a better chance of getting the job. Tell them you're a minority, then act all offended when they don't believe you, you'll probably get the job.
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