Virginia company facing a backlash for stunningly blatant racism in job ad

[turbinetree]

Sarah K. Burris
29 Apr 2019 at 16:37 ET

Job recruiting company Cynet Systems is in hot water after a job posting went viral, but not for a good reason.

A LinkedIn job posting asked for a “mid-senior level business development” person, but under the position’s top qualification they listed “preferably caucasian,” WUSA wrote.

Cynet Systems is one of Virginia’s most popular companies but now they’re being asked about racial discrimination in job practices.

It’s unknown if Cynet Systems was hiring for their own company or someone else, but the person who made the job posting has since been fired and the company apologized.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/04/virginia-company-facing-a-backlash-for-stunningly-blatant-racism-in-job-ad/

Absolutely amazing.....................

[FakeNoose]

1. This will not go well for them

[uponit7771]

2. WOW !!!

[dalton99a]

3. The person got "fired" because they put it in writing

in public view

[angrychair]

5. Exactly

We are supposed to believe this was the act of lone wolf and not a systemic and pervasive attitude at the company? Shit like this rarely happens in a vacuum.

[area51]

4. What year is this again?

[DonaldsRump]

6. And a slight bit of irony

The co-CEOs of Cynet Systems are of Indian origin.

I read that one recruiter at another company mentioned that she often gets placement requests from companies looking to hire with these kind of racial requirements. That's really sad, but why was I dumb enough to believe otherwise....

[lunasun]

7. That is the result of an idiot recruiter I bet. The client company while talking about who they were

looking for on the phone told the recruiter that only for the purpose of the recruiter later screening out applicants who responded to the job posting

Really stupid recruiter lists it in the online post

I dunno better maybe I don’t waste my time with responding to a cleaned up job post only to waste more time when the recruiter screens me out for the racist company client.

[Laffy Kat]

8. This is yet another reason corporations and academic instiutions need ...

Diversity Offices and Affirmative Action.

[Lonestarblue]

9. I feel like an alternative universe has taken over.

I spent my career in corporate America, and I can say with certainty that we were concerned with diversity and making sure that all candidates were treated fairly and evaluated on their experience and their qualifications. We’re moving backward, and it’s so frustrating. Intelligence doesn’t have a skin color, and it’s utterly stupid to believe it does.