Race & Ethnicity

Eugene

(67,299 posts) Mon Apr 29, 2019, 01:43 PM Apr 2019

US firm apologises for seeking 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

Source: BBC

US firm apologises for seeking 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

29 April 2019

A US recruitment firm has been accused of racism after posting a job advert stating that it would prefer to hear from white candidates.

Cynet Systems listed the account manager role on a number of websites, including LinkedIn and Glassdoor.

In the job description, it said the ideal applicant would be "preferably Caucasian who has good technical background including knowledge of RPA".

Cynet Systems later apologised and removed the listing.

A screenshot of the listing went viral after it was posted on Twitter by Florida-based coder Helena McCabe.

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US firm apologises for seeking 'preferably Caucasian' candidate (Original Post) Eugene Apr 2019 OP

They were supposed to wait till the interview to make that triage Maine-i-acs Apr 2019 #1

LOL! I guess he/she was trying to diversify the place Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #2

I SAW THAT! LOLLLLLLL! CurtEastPoint Apr 2019 #5

And one of them a founder. Thanks for that. Kind of Blue Apr 2019 #7

Apology? Sanity Claws Apr 2019 #3

Isn't that illegal? n/t fleur-de-lisa Apr 2019 #4

The people of the Caucasus Mountain region do tend to be intelligent and hard working... ExciteBike66 Apr 2019 #6

Maine-i-acs

(1,549 posts)

1. They were supposed to wait till the interview to make that triage

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 01:51 PM

Apr 2019

Must need to fill that one quickly

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)

2. LOL! I guess he/she was trying to diversify the place

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:02 PM

Apr 2019

because the company's two CEOs are Indian-Americans.

Glad the recruiter was fired though I'm sure posting that outrageous listing he/she meant to go down taking one for the team. What a martyr.

CurtEastPoint

(20,095 posts)

5. I SAW THAT! LOLLLLLLL!

Reply to Kind of Blue (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:33 PM

Apr 2019

Kind of Blue

(8,709 posts)

7. And one of them a founder. Thanks for that.

Reply to CurtEastPoint (Reply #5)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 04:53 PM

Apr 2019

And makes this case curiouser and curiouser since they're a staffing agency, work a lot within their local community giving back, it seems from Google images; a diversity certified and a diversity certified supplier. It's just a wonder to me how a second ad for females only, too, got by them. Seems weird for two illegal hiring postings slipped by a recruiting firm. What on Earth?!?

Sanity Claws

(22,439 posts)

3. Apology?

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:04 PM

Apr 2019

EEOC should immediately investigate and find out how this got posted. It is illegal under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Sorry, I forget. EEOC is how toothless.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,704 posts)

4. Isn't that illegal? n/t

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:06 PM

Apr 2019

ExciteBike66

(2,700 posts)

6. The people of the Caucasus Mountain region do tend to be intelligent and hard working...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Mon Apr 29, 2019, 02:40 PM

Apr 2019

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