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[Help] Is this job ad legal or even moral ?
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Very good .... don't you have any work to do ?
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What about Java Scriptures?
It was on Dibley, but it is very old. (Also I told it about a week ago on a 'Joke Du Jour' thread).Isn't that another Dibley one
cheshunt seagull
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I could very well be wrong but I thought that in a case like this, when your beliefs play no practical part in the role, they could use this criteria at the selection stage but not the advertising stage. As for the question of whether it is morale, evangelicals are the last people I would look to for any sign of a morale compass. You could try and fake it but it would be a giveaway when everyone else is raptured and your left behind.
If they are going to use it at the selection stage they might as well filter out the non-evangelists at the application stage
studio150
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Go to the interview, and wear your crimson habit, and when called for you appointment, leap forward and say 'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition'
Bound to get you the job.
Bound to get you the job.
Bit of interview prep:
If they ask you how long to create and put live their target operating model, and with what tools, the answer is 'six days, some dust and a rib'.
If they ask you how long to create and put live their target operating model, and with what tools, the answer is 'six days, some dust and a rib'.
TWOCHOICEStom
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Hopefully at least one of the 12 IT managers in the UK who are also evangelical Christians are looking for a new job otherwise this position might be difficult to fill!
I would think acceptable a faith organisation would want employees to follow same faith. What did once cheese me off a few years ago was when I was thinking of volunteering for a homeless charity. I was expected to sign something saying I followed Christian faith. Whilst I may or not do ,felt it had nothing to do with me volunteering to help people. I did not agree and they lost a helper.
Deus ex Machina
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I thought they use rivers....
Jackthelad
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“Evangelical” bit has me miffed. I’m a Christian but why even put that bit. The word can mean totally different things, it’s not really about doctrine. I guess they might have had someone who claimed to be Christian who wasn’t or something.
stewart12
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i've worked for christian charities before. To be honest I can appreciate why they have this for frontline staff and probably for higher up management, but for any IT staff, or any administrative role it's a bit of a piss take. In reality they're probably shooting themselves in the foot in terms of attracting candidates
I'd treat this as a bit of a red flag really and give it a swerve.
I'd treat this as a bit of a red flag really and give it a swerve.
stewart12
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this is probably it. They've probably employed a kind of casual churchgoer who wasn't up for casting demons out of everyone
when I worked for a christian charity we required a lot of volunteers and found it very frustrating that we were only allowed to recruit full on christians, annoyingly we had to turn away a lot of people who would have been of great use to us. In the end we started bending the truth somewhat and got on board some volunteers who were, perhaps, more "culturally christian" (e.g went to midnight mass each christmas) as we just didn't have the numbers. When the powers that be (that is, the management, not God) found out they went ballistic.
cheshunt seagull
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I think you could only use it if you were choosing between candidates who had very similar scores against the other criteria. Whether anyone would want to work for an organisation where they wouldn't be welcome is another question.
They would be foolish to pass over a good candidate.
And if they lose internet connectivity they will feel dreadfully ex-communicated.
Professor Plum
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I’d have thought that being an evangelical Christian would be a "nice to have" rather than a "must have" for a role like this. The number of evangelical Christians who happen to be capable of managing a multi-site IT system, and also looking for a job, must be very small. Much better to get a shortlist of competent IT professionals first, and then look for the right personality type — active Christian or not.