Four out of ten unemployed people say they are victims of discrimination when hiring.
18 December 2014
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37% of job seekers believe they have already been discriminated against in their job search. Physical appearance is the most frequently cited reason.
Almost four out of ten job seekers, or 37%, say they have already been personally victims of discrimination when hiring, according to an Ifop survey for the Defender of Rights.
Four possible sources of discrimination are identified by more than 20% of job seekers. Physical appearance -obesity, clothing worn, etc.- comes first, followed by being unemployed, gender or origins -skin color, nationality, accent, etc. Then come disability, advanced age and place of residence. Sexual orientation, political or union opinions are, on the other hand, very rarely mentioned.
For job seekers residing in sensitive urban areas (ZUS), origins prove to be the first discriminatory criterion, at 48% compared to 23% of the population of job seekers in mainland France. Comparatively, these unemployed people report less often than all job seekers having experienced one or more discriminations -29% instead of 37%.
On CV or in interview
A majority of the job seekers concerned report that the discrimination took place during a job interview, more so than when sending the CV. Inhabitants of rural areas or ZUS much more often report discrimination on their CV.
More generally, 87% of job seekers believe that discrimination is frequent when accessing a job. Being pregnant is then the criterion perceived as potentially the most discriminatory by the people questioned.
Then are cited age, physical criteria, a transgender sexual identity, foreign origin, place of residence and finally being unionized.
Survey conducted on the one hand with a representative sample of 1004 job seekers from mainland France, interviewed online from June 27 to July 16, and on the other hand with a sample of 502 unemployed people residing in sensitive urban areas, questioned by telephone from June 27 to July 4.
with AFP
Lexpress.fr
Published on October 7, 2014.
Posted online on December 18, 2014.
Almost four out of ten job seekers, or 37%, say they have already been personally victims of discrimination when hiring, according to an Ifop survey for the Defender of Rights.
Four possible sources of discrimination are identified by more than 20% of job seekers. Physical appearance -obesity, clothing worn, etc.- comes first, followed by being unemployed, gender or origins -skin color, nationality, accent, etc. Then come disability, advanced age and place of residence. Sexual orientation, political or union opinions are, on the other hand, very rarely mentioned.
For job seekers residing in sensitive urban areas (ZUS), origins prove to be the first discriminatory criterion, at 48% compared to 23% of the population of job seekers in mainland France. Comparatively, these unemployed people report less often than all job seekers having experienced one or more discriminations -29% instead of 37%.
On CV or in interview
A majority of the job seekers concerned report that the discrimination took place during a job interview, more so than when sending the CV. Inhabitants of rural areas or ZUS much more often report discrimination on their CV.
More generally, 87% of job seekers believe that discrimination is frequent when accessing a job. Being pregnant is then the criterion perceived as potentially the most discriminatory by the people questioned.
Then are cited age, physical criteria, a transgender sexual identity, foreign origin, place of residence and finally being unionized.
Survey conducted on the one hand with a representative sample of 1004 job seekers from mainland France, interviewed online from June 27 to July 16, and on the other hand with a sample of 502 unemployed people residing in sensitive urban areas, questioned by telephone from June 27 to July 4.
with AFP
Lexpress.fr
Published on October 7, 2014.
Posted online on December 18, 2014.
