Race/Ethnic Origin questions on job applications...

[LakerGod]

This job I am going to be interviewing for tomorrow wants to know race/ethnic origin.

I was born in this country and my ethnicity is Persian/Middle Eastern. I have dark skin.

Here are the choices:

Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
White



There is no "other" box to check. Anybody know the correct way of filling this out?


Your help is much appreciated. :beer:

 

[Shawn]

Asian?

 

[tallest1]

There are some mandatory interview questions that are probably better not answered. I remember one application that had questions that were OBVIOUSLY trying to determine whether I liked Bush's policies.

 

[kranky]

From workplacefairness.org...

Can a job application ask me to identify my race?

Requesting pre-employment information that discloses or tends to disclose an applicant's race suggests that race will be unlawfully used as a basis for hiring. It is presumed that when an employer asks for such pre-employment information that it will be used to make hiring decisions. Therefore, if members of minority groups are excluded from employment, asking for such information in the job application process is likely to be evidence of discrimination.

However, employers may have a legitimate need for information about their employees' or applicants' race for affirmative action purposes and/or to track applicant flow. One way to obtain racial information and simultaneously guard against discriminatory selection is for employers to use ?tear-off sheets? for the identification of an applicant's race. After the applicant completes the application and the tear-off portion, the employer separates the tear-off sheet from the application and does not use it in the selection process.

 

[LakerGod]

This is a voluntary self-identification form. I'm just curious as to how i'm supposed to choose among those races provided.

 

[kranky]

Given those choices, only Asian seems to fit.

 

[KarenMarie]

leave it blank... if there is not a space for OTHER

🙂

 

[bigrash]

Middle Eastern falls under Asian

 

[LakerGod]

Originally posted by: bigrash
Middle Eastern falls under Asian

That's what I used to think until I was told otherwise. Middle Easterns are considered to be caucasians, so right now it's between Asian and White. I'm still 😕.

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: LakerGod
This job I am going to be interviewing for tomorrow wants to know race/ethnic origin.

I was born in this country and my ethnicity is Persian/Middle Eastern. I have dark skin.

Here are the choices:

Asian
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
White



There is no "other" box to check. Anybody know the correct way of filling this out?


Your help is much appreciated. :beer:

Given those choices, I would say white.

 

[sandmanwake]

You did not know it, but it was actually a secret job interview test. The correct answer was to take the initiative and write in Persian/Middle Eastern, draw a box next to it and check that box. In not doing so you have failed the test which shows you do not know how to deal with unexpected circumstances and lack the will to take initiative.

I kid, but in all seriousness:
Someone I knew actually got a test like this when interviewing for a network tech support position. The test they gave had some questions with no right answers or answers that weren't totally correct, so he crossed all the answers out and wrote in his own. He got the job.

 

[jai6638]

Originally posted by: LakerGod

Originally posted by: bigrash
Middle Eastern falls under Asian

That's what I used to think until I was told otherwise. Middle Easterns are considered to be caucasians, so right now it's between Asian and White. I'm still 😕.

middle easterners are imo asian....and having lived in the middle east myself, most of them consider themselves to be asian...

 

[Twista]

check all of them.

 

[jtusa]

Check Asian and White.