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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I and a colleague recently got over 400 resumes for one federal sector attorney job.  We whittled our interviews down to ten.  Then down to three.  One was a woman who interviewed quite well until we asked her what she wanted out of the position.  She basically said she wanted a chance to do meaningful work and raise a family (she was unmarried at that time).  Both I and my colleague have kids, but we didn't like her stating this in an interview.  We hired a very bright gay man who didn't say anything about kids instead.  And we never looked back for a second.[/quote]

That applicant lucked out. And you and your colleague are complete asshats. And possibly discriminatory.
Congrats.[/quote]

Discrimination based on family/parent status IS in violation of an executive order that came out during Clinton's administration.  I was an attorney at OPM at the time (no kids) and I thought it was the silliest thing ever b/c EVERYBODY (almost) had kids -- so how/why would they discriminate!  But... now I see why the exec. order was necessary.... and apparently still is.

Sad commentary on hiring practices.  It is illegal in the fed. gov.[/quote]

She was unmarried.  She did not have kids.  I don't even know if she had a date.  She was stating that the position would entitle her to a family friendly schedule IN A JOB INTERVIEW.  We did not discriminate based on family status.  We discriminated based on poor judgment.[/quote]

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