Advice needed - discrimination in job application?

tomtontom

bubblegumcola wrote: »

I don't know if it's discrimination but certainly many large companies do not accept paper cv's anymore and only accept online applications. Some of the larger retailers for example have axed all their hr depts in their stores and so all the applications are checked by a central team. Vacancies are posted daily on the website. The central team will see who fits the store criteria and then invite them for interview at their local branch where they will be interviewed by members of the management team. When all the interview slots are full the vacancy is closed. That's how it works where I am and they will not accept a paper cv, you have to apply for vacancies online as they become available.

Is there anybody who can help your mum with her online applications? The only other thing I can suggest is to apply to smaller businesses who don't do online job applications.

You might want to read the rest of the OP's posts before wasting your time on them

bubblegumcola

I was trying to steer it back to the subject of the original posting but I probably shouldn't have wasted my time typing...ah well...

shaun_from_Africa

Oooi wrote: »

Actually working in McDonalds is considered the lowest rung of the employment ladder, that is why they only employ people who hardly speak English and haven't even heard of a shower!

Personally I think the lowest rung of the employment ladder is people who haven't even got a job because they are too stupid/arrogant/infantile to be able to write and submit a CV using a computer.

Oooi

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Personally I think the lowest rung of the employment ladder is people who haven't even got a job because they are too stupid/arrogant/infantile to be able to write and submit a CV using a computer.

Not having a job does not count as being on the employment ladder. Someone who is actively seeking work that is not beneath them is doing far better for themselves than the sort of person who can't do anything better with their life than work for a fast food chain.

Your post proves what is wrong with people's attitudes, someone who has no need to learn about computing should not be considered stupid/arrogant or infantile. They just have a different belief than you and don't spend their whole life on the computer.

tykesi

Oooi wrote: »

Your post proves what is wrong with people's attitudes

Oh, the irony!:T

powerful_Rogue

Oooi wrote: »

Someone who is actively seeking work that is not beneath them is doing far better for themselves than the sort of person who can't do anything better with their life than work for a fast food chain.

As your friend has been out of work for over a year, maybe she needs to lower her standards as to what kind of jobs she applies for.

RuthnJasper

Oooi wrote: »

Actually working in McDonalds is considered the lowest rung of the employment ladder, that is why they only employ people who hardly speak English and haven't even heard of a shower!

That's a disgusting generalisation; you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Going back to your original argument(s), there is no excuse for a lack of computer skills here in this day and age. I taught a friend of my parents how to use his computer and he's well away with it - it only took a few lessons. He's 94.

It's generally an attitude problem, as opposed to a real inability to learn and/or adapt.

photome

RuthnJasper wrote: »

That's a disgusting generalisation; you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

Going back to your original argument(s), there is no excuse for a lack of computer skills here in this day and age. I taught a friend of my parents how to use his computer and he's well away with it - it only took a few lessons. He's 94.

It's generally an attitude problem, as opposed to a real inability to learn and/or adapt.

Nail on head re the OP and friend

shaun_from_Africa

Oooi wrote: »

someone who has no need to learn about computing should not be considered stupid/arrogant or infantile. They just have a different belief than you and don't spend their whole life on the computer.

But they do have a need to learn about computing if they want to apply for a job with any company that requires CV's to be submitted electronically.

pmduk

Oooi wrote: »

... it seem stupid and possibly illegal to make such a demand.

In what way could you possibly consider it illegal? Entering everyone's details in the same format makes it much easier to compare applicants.