Common sense in recruitment gives way to political correctness gone mad
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The Sunday Times carried this story yesterday - does it make you laugh or despair? An agency trying to recruit a hospital cleaner approached Jobcentre Plus - the government offices run by the Department of Work and Pensions to help the unemployed to find work. The agency asked them to advertise the vacancy and to add that applicants ‘must be very reliable and hard-working’. But Jobcentre Plus have refused to display the advert because the phrase may discriminate against unreliable applicants.
Isn’t that the whole point??
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