Women of Twitter: what puts you off when applying for a job / replying to a job ad? Trying to work out why for every one qualified female applicant there's 46 unqualified but confident men.
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Replying to @peachesanscream
Any reference to “professional presentation” or suchlike, especially for an admin job, as it’s invariably code for “we want you to wear heels, makeup and businesswear- and will judge you for looking other than traditionally feminine - even though it has no bearing on anything.”
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Replying to @fozmeadows @peachesanscream
Ditto anything where it says something like, “the ideal applicant will be [friendly/personable/bubbly/outgoing]”, because those standards are never meant to apply to men but will absolutely be used to police women who aren’t smiley or femme enough
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Replying to @fozmeadows
For a role where great people skills are absolutely needed, would you feel like this words (OBVIOUSLY not friendly/personable/bubbly/outgoing) would be off-putting still?
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Replying to @peachesanscream
Yes, firstly because it should be obvious from the actual job description that this is so, and secondly because, depending on the *type* of people skills needed, specifying chirpy-friendliness only often ignores the practicality of the job
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Replying to @fozmeadows @peachesanscream
For instance: I’ve worked front of house for a local council, and you absolutely needed to be able to be blank-faced, calm and firm when some dude was screaming at you, or conversely to *not* be chirpy to people there about a death
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I have worked a fucktonne of admin jobs but never in a capacity where “bubbly” or whatever was necessary or useful as a default setting. Dealing with people means adapting
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