US firm apologises for seeking 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

[Eugene]

Source: BBC

US firm apologises for seeking 'preferably Caucasian' candidate

29 April 2019

A US recruitment firm has been accused of racism after posting a job advert stating that it would prefer to hear from white candidates.

Cynet Systems listed the account manager role on a number of websites, including LinkedIn and Glassdoor.

In the job description, it said the ideal applicant would be "preferably Caucasian who has good technical background including knowledge of RPA".

Cynet Systems later apologised and removed the listing.

A screenshot of the listing went viral after it was posted on Twitter by Florida-based coder Helena McCabe.

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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48096898

Link to tweet

[Maine-i-acs]

1. They were supposed to wait till the interview to make that triage

Must need to fill that one quickly

[Kind of Blue]

2. LOL! I guess he/she was trying to diversify the place

because the company's two CEOs are Indian-Americans.

Glad the recruiter was fired though I'm sure posting that outrageous listing he/she meant to go down taking one for the team. What a martyr.

[CurtEastPoint]

5. I SAW THAT! LOLLLLLLL!

[Kind of Blue]

7. And one of them a founder. Thanks for that.

And makes this case curiouser and curiouser since they're a staffing agency, work a lot within their local community giving back, it seems from Google images; a diversity certified and a diversity certified supplier. It's just a wonder to me how a second ad for females only, too, got by them. Seems weird for two illegal hiring postings slipped by a recruiting firm. What on Earth?!?

[Sanity Claws]

3. Apology?

EEOC should immediately investigate and find out how this got posted. It is illegal under the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Sorry, I forget. EEOC is how toothless.

[fleur-de-lisa]

4. Isn't that illegal? n/t

[ExciteBike66]

6. The people of the Caucasus Mountain region do tend to be intelligent and hard working...