re: Question about Employer Discrimination Limits

Hiring discrimination is difficult for an individual to prove.

If you are hired, you were the preferred candidate, and the hiring manager has full faith in you to be able to be productive and succeed. Racial discrimination is something that you may someday face, but worrying about it now is setting yourself up for failure.

Go, contribute, be productive, and honestly work to be better at your job than others in your position. Chances are, you will be rewarded for your efforts. Worry about succeeding before you give yourself an excuse for failing.

Honest question and I'm not trying to troll... Is English your first language?

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Is English your first language?

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Yes. I am a native English speaker. The reason why I make posts which have grammatical errors is because of the Auto-Correct Feature on my phone. I primarily use my phone for this forum.

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I am not making excuses for myself.

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This is why no one wants to hire blacks.

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In my industry, we trip all over ourselves to hire qualified black candidates.

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sometimes it just becomes so discouraging.

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Try not to get discouraged. Is it possible that you don't interview well? Some people don't.

I can't offer very specific tips because I don't know your field, but in general, you want to be polished, confident and eager (without being over-eager, if that makes sense). I get from Lucas' post that you are a recent grad, so you're going to lack a lot of working knowledge of the field you're entering, but you should be able to project to them that you are competent, skilled, and able to learn the profession.

In complete seriousness, if you feel that you are lacking in the interview department, find someone who teaches interview skills.

Definitely don't get discouraged. It's not a great hiring market in some fields anyway. Work on positioning yourself to take full advantage when you finally get your opportunity.

ETA - A great interview can sometimes land you a job beyond what your skills and education qualify you for. Not always, but it happens.

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Troll question

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no it wasn't. It was in reference to boosie's question about English being your first language. you do have a bit of an odd style of communicating based on this thread. Asperger's isn't that unusual

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It is a Norman surname based on French influence.

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a simple yes or no would've sufficed. I just heard some studies about black sounding names less likely to get interviews, so I was gonna suggest changing yours

Are you applying for jobs that your degrees, and the order in which you earned them, makes you qualified to get?

Are you going to your interviews in a business suit? Not the double breasted, shiny, for the club thing with the paisley tie in Jaguar colors.

Have you hit up any contacts that may be helpful? Professors, friends from school that landed a job, etc.?

Handshakes and eye contact? Posture?

How are you finding places to apply?

Well, you said you were an introvert. That's a prime indication for Asbergers. Sometime, if not all the time, an HR person that does the phone screening will dump your resume if you have a last name like Jackon.

Volod, if you happen to read my post above, don't let it discourage you.

I've had very some good employees come from HBCU's, including one from Southern. I've also struck out. The same holds true for other schools.

Your opportunity will come. Make the most of it when it does.