Knuckledraggin My Life Away : Resumes With "They/Them" Pronouns More Likely to Be Overlooked

Friday, March 03, 2023

Resumes With "They/Them" Pronouns More Likely to Be Overlooked

Business.com sent two identical phantom resumes to “180 unique job postings that were explicitly open to entry-level candidates” in an effort to test “whether or not the inclusion of gender-neutral pronouns impacts how employers perceive resumes.”

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No doubt. I hate running across the word 'they' when they're talking about a single person. Lately I just click it off and find something else to read.

I was really hoping it was just a passing thing, but then the fucking media started encouraging it by using those terms and now I see it on a daily basis.

Inspirations

"The Spartans do not inquire how many the enemy are, but where they are." AGIS II 427 B.C.

"No, no, I've got 'em right where I want 'em - surrounded from the inside." -- Mad Dog Shriver when told to break up his recon team and evade, that he was about to be overrun by North Vietnamese Regulars.

“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

"The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits." - Thomas Jefferson

"The world don't owe you a living, Boy." - Pops

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Friday, March 03, 2023

Resumes With "They/Them" Pronouns More Likely to Be Overlooked