OBESE JOB APPLICANTS FACE BIAS: REPORT

[thelovewitch]

Overweight women are being discriminated against when applying for jobs and receive lower starting salaries than their skinny colleagues, according to a new study.

Monash University, together with the University of Hawaii, examined whether a recently developed measure of anti-fat prejudice, the universal measure of bias (UMB), predicted workplace

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[curseangel]

My mum used to yell at me, etc., for my weight all the time... when my brother was (at the time) at least the same size as me, if not larger, and heard absolutely nothing about it. It was such a great double standard. :\

[curseangel]

I wish I didn't. My brother is a serious douchebag (I've ranted about him in comments here before, lol). He got very sick and lost a ton of weight and now likes to lecture me about healthy eating, which he probably picked up from our mom. :\

Basically I wish/hope no one ever has a brother like mine, because he's a terrible human being.

[curseangel]

Absolutely enraging, but not at all surprising. I mean, people won't even sit next to me on the subway if there's any choice, like being fat means I'm toxic. /had a really awful subway ride home today what

[arisma]

[curseangel]

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[maianarisa]

Aaannndd I just came out of an interview an hour ago. Perfect timing. This is hardly surprising, but still depressing nonetheless.

[maianarisa]

Good luck!

Mine was ok, but I'm fairly certain someone else will get it. :(
My tip is basically think about potential questions and how you would answer them. What kind of job did you apply to?

[ms_maree]

Photos in your resume? Is this an American thing? Why would you do that unless you're a model and that's what you're going for?

Is this expected? I know where I work we, now and again get resumes with photos and we end up mocking them just for including the photo because we don't really care what they look like and our HR unit cuts it out before sending it on to the area.

[thistlerose]

I'm guessing they only submitted photos for the purpose of the study. In most cases - in the US, anyway - I don't think you would submit a photo with your resume. All the sources I've ever consulted advised against it.

[mastadge]

It is not an American thing -- I've always heard that you should never include a photo in your résumé unless it's specifically asked for, and I've always thought that any potential employer who asks for a photo if you're not applying specifically for some position that requires a particular look is probably a bit sketchy.

I suspect that the résumés-with-photos thing is an artifact of the way the IRB authorized the study.

[keeni84]

Is this an American thing?

No.

If a potential employer says applicants must include a photo, they are opening themselves up to claims of discrimination. It's just not done in America.

In fact,I have only ever had to submit my photo with a resume for jobs in Europe, Latin America and Asia.