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re: Recruitment ism's

asnelling — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 12:07:00 GMT

Hello everyone, I thought you might be interested in our official response to this judgement which we are appealing. Please find the text below.

Against all expectations the Paris Court of Appeal handed down a decision which condemns Garnier, a subsidiary of L’Oreal, for discrimination in its recruitment practices, but confirms the acquittal of Laurent Dubois, Garnier’s Managing Director at the time.

The Court of Appeal’s decision today is astonishing and incomprehensible. It runs counter to the well documented decision of 1st June 2006 which unreservedly cleared Garnier and Mr. Dubois of any wrongdoing.

We categorically reject any accusation of discrimination made against Garnier. We consider these allegations to be absolutely unfounded and Garnier has decided to lodge an appeal against this decision with the Cour de Cassation, France’s highest Court of Appeal.

Respect of human beings is a fundamental principle at L’Oréal. We believe that difference and diversity are a source of richness and we do not tolerate any form of racism or discrimination.

re: To profile or not to profile.......

Chris Bale — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 11:15:42 GMT

What do you call someone who uses the whole of the first page of their cv to list their attributes ?

Answer: Redundant (and using an outplacement counsellor)

Why outplacement counsellors still recommend this practice is beyond me. The first thing a recruiter/employer is looking for is where a candidate has worked and what their role is/was. If you force the recruiter to hunt for this information then you probably do not appreciate quite how irritating it is to receive this sort of cv.

Then again, outplacement people tend to be failed recruiters, so maybe I should not be that surprised at their inability to advise their clients properly.

cheers

Chris (a forward-thinking, highly-motivated yet team-orientated recruiter who has a positive mental attitute combined with superb leadership skills, stifle that yawn)

Network your way to a new role

Recruitment Blog — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 08:46:56 GMT

Last week Tim wrote about the demographics of social networking sites. As a follow on to this I thought

re: To profile or not to profile.......

Camilla — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:38:16 GMT

Mark, I completely agree. In fact i would add that when putting on interests and pastimes people would stop telling me that they go to the theatre and like socialising with friends. I would rather hear them admit that they watch too much TV and love binge drinking. But as they say, CVs only represent about a 40% truth margin.

Camilla