I recently came across an odd well not very odd these days. I applied for very suitable role at one of the global IT company based at UK offices. the role description matched very well.
let me clear first, i do normally get an interview call if i send out my CV, i am very selective where and who to apply. owing to 13 years exp and skill set.
I got reply back, well saying skill doesnt match … meaning some one just screened me out not going to next stage for atleast this role, by looking at email address it was from a remote BPM call centre employee in India. now that becomes very understandable, I can understand attitudes of professionals transformed when the exposed or worked out of home countries. They normally dont do such things. Why would a person sitting in India, knowingly let a Birt-Pakistani (questionnaire was filled) when they can, go to even first stage or phone interview and going to the people who are actually hiring for this role.
I was also involved in hiring in past, know the process well. I can ask the detailed feedback as per UK Law. will contact once i have the feedback for other roles I have applied at the same company.
it may be i am over reacting by the feeling of rejection. what you guys think?
Yeah its part of the application Sadz .. and companies like to keep track of ethnical groups in order to equate to equal opportunities and diverse culture absorption.
Shak, I have encountered this problem too. People sitting in the subcontinent would hardly realize how racism can reflect badly on a potential employer. And most businesses already have some part of their annual budgets set aside to fight the cases in the tribunal courts
But , I do feel you must wait for full feedback , before you take any action. Communicate with the IT firm’s HR staff via emails , and , request for complete feedback on the roles that you havnt been selected for. If still you believe your skills match the role, then by all means question them. But it does leave a bad taste in the mouth, coz then you might not be seen as a potential future employee of the company … its crap , but it happens.
So my advise is to keep trying to find out what the feedback is , but dont jump the guns unless no other choice.
As a person who has had 19 different jobs including casual and temp jobs of which 5 were full-time positions. I am testimony that not every job application turned down is a result of racism, it could simply be bad marketing. Out my jobs hunted I have not made it through about 40% of them, all others have landed me in successful attempts.
Even if every element is met that may not be enough. They may be looking for your explanation to make that very clear that you meet every element. Then there is a whole process of making CVs optimised, writing cover letters and addressing requirements criteria. If it is racism then there is nothing you can do about it ... and you would not want to work for a place where the person who is hiring you is racist anyway.
what surprises me is that you have faced this discrimination from indians for the first time in your career span of 13 years. it could be because you were in a not so 'lawless' country like the middle east. fortuntaely, we have pakistan so despite the fact that other things are not so good, atleast there are no threats of indian discrimination inside pakistan.
so incase you're having doubts, yes, this is the typical discrimination of the non-indians (specifically pakistanis) by indians of the job market. this is not a new fact for any middle eastern.
I recently came across an odd well not very odd these days. I applied for very suitable role at one of the global IT company based at UK offices. the role description matched very well.
let me clear first, i do normally get an interview call if i send out my CV, i am very selective where a*nd who to apply. owing to 13 years exp and skill set.
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I got reply back, well saying skill doesnt match .... meaning some one just screened me out not going to next stage for atleast this role, by looking at email address it was from a remote BPM call centre employee in India. now that becomes very understandable, I can understand attitudes of professionals transformed when the exposed or worked out of home countries. They normally dont do such things. Why would a person sitting in India, knowingly let a Birt-Pakistani (questionnaire was filled) when they can, go to even first stage or phone interview and going to the people who are actually hiring for this role.
I was also involved in hiring in past, know the process well. I can ask the detailed feedback as per UK Law. will contact once i have the feedback for other roles I have applied at the same company.
it may be i am over reacting by the feeling of rejection. what you guys think?
If its an Indian who is screening you resume, you should know that Indian companies have Lower cutoff limit and upper cutoff limit. If they think that you have too much work ex for this job, even if you have all the skills they might pass your resume....And they have this rule book they follow when they are screening the resume...
In campus interview tests in India, students gets rejected if they score above certain mark and they get rejected if they score below certain mark. HR thinks that students who score high do not stick long enough with the company. May be your resume was too good and ofcourse they wont tell you that.
Shak killS, makes sense. If you'd spent even 6 months of your life in the middle east, you would know pretty well & instantly when, where, how & why it is discrimination & racism of the indians towards others specifically pakistanis.
