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Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
61,753
The Fatherland
I'm currently looking for my next role and have found one which fits perfectly and which I'm well qualified to do.

It's working for a set of Christian run care homes as Head of IT. Then I get to this statement in the job ad :

  • Applicants must be evangelical Christians (This role has an Occupational Requirement to be filled by a Christian under the provisions of the Equality Act (2010)).
I'm not a evangelelical Christian. I'm not applying to be some preacher - just someone that can run the IT systems.

How is this actually legal to descriminate against someone of no religion ? Despite their quote of the Equality Act I can't see how this is actually allowed.
Does the interview involve an over night stay? If so, walk into the care home reception, put 3 nails on the counter and say "Can you put me up for the night?"
 


cheshunt seagull

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Jul 5, 2003
2,572
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.
You could always have something like 'experience of working in a faith-based organisation' as desirable. It's quite reasonable to want evidence that someone will be sensitive to the type of organisation in which they will be working. I think it's less reasonable to exclude anyone that doesn't believe in talking snakes.
 


Super Steve Earle

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Feb 23, 2009
8,794
North of Brighton
And when they ask you in the interview how would you retrieve documents that had been corrupted by a virus you tell them : ’Jesus Saves’ 😇
Saw that pencilled on the wall under the stairs in my first house. Followed by 'and Wardie knocks in the rebound!'.
 






















Herr Tubthumper

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NSC Patron
Jul 11, 2003
61,753
The Fatherland
It's a crappy world out there, but thank heavens for NSC :lolol:
 


el punal

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Aug 29, 2012
12,285
The dull part of the south coast
I once worked for a Catholic organisation in an admin capacity and there was no religious requirement. I used to say: 'I work there 40 hours a week, they can't have my soul as well'.
This is sort of relevant to religious establishments - well, very tenuous to say the least. When I was a teenager (13/14 years old) I had an after school job of delivering meat (no tittering) for a local butcher to his customers. This meant riding near and far on my trusty butcher’s bike. One of the establishments on the round was a convent school. The timing of my delivery coincided with the girls playing netball. Needless to say I would hang around and watch this sporting activity with avid interest - not quite Aqualung mode, if you know your Jethro Tull, but the girls did wear maroon knickers! This reverie was short lived as a couple of the nuns scolded me for my improper behaviour but welcomed my package of meat. :drink: :thumbsup:
 








bhafc99

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Oct 14, 2003
7,331
Dubai
So how did the interview go…

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