A diary based on my latest attempts to get a job; this time in Munich. I'm an engineering graduate (and chartered engineer) with more than 10 years' experience in IT. Over five of these years have been spent in team leading and project management roles both in the UK and abroad.

Thursday, October 06, 2005

To hell with work equality

Saw this subject line for a job today:

"End User Seeks HRMS Men With Banking Origins!"

Now, I know there are some jobs only men are able to do.

Nope, can't think of any. Not now that the armed forces allow women to go for the killing jobs.

I doubt, however, that an HR systems job could be exempted from equality opportunity legislation. Especially as HR departments tend to have a lot of women in them anyway.

Apparently there are 10 ways a company can be liable under equality opportunity legislastion before they even see a candidate. Using a dafty trousers agency to advertise the job in this way must be one of them.

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