Great Britain: 3,000 fake job applications to investigate discrimination in recruitment

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Pensions (DWP) sent around 3,000 fake job applications between November 2008 and May 2009, answering real job offers published in the press or online. The goal was to see employers’ reactions to applicants whose names sounded foreign. (Ref. 090708)

Study which shows that unequal recruitment still exists. The study was carried our by the Ethnic Minority Employment Taskforce, created by the DWP. The applications sent had the required qualifications, but some were signed by an “Anglo-Saxon” name a

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