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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I'm not looking at this as playing the "card". I fully feel that I'm more than qualified for this position.[b] I wanted to find a good way to remind the selecting panel that the position has been men dominated for a long time ([/b]the panel mostly consists of folks that have been with our organization for less than five years). I am a government employee and the position is overseas; I suppose this could be one of the reasons more men have pursued the job in the past. I have a family (and since the organization is pretty small, everyone knows this), plus I'm fairly young for the average government employee applying for this type of job (33), as it entails majority of time working independently while interacting with senior foreign and U.S. officials-- so even though all these markers are placed in government's employment process, things still operate on the "who you know" basis, at least where I'm at.  I plan on going in deep detail as to why I deserve the job, but I thought by incorporating the given history and by bringing the lack of female leadership into play could potentially empower the current leadership to be more progressive. Pls forgive the typos, I got a four year old passed out on top of me. Maybe being a mom will get me further in this escapade. [/quote]

What is your point here? You have no idea why the position has had only men in the role for a long time. To address this or to imply something is wrong with that - as your original and follow up posts have - is extremely inappropriate. It is illegal for employers to consider gender in hiring decisions. That means to discriminate against someone's gender OR in favor of (with the exception of BFOQs). To address anything other than your actual qualifications for the role - which do not include your gender - is unprofessional and would show me, as a hiring manager, that you are a liability to me, not an asset.[/quote]

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