Ethnic minorities and women only

No

No it's 'positive discrimination' and all discrimination is wrong.

No definitely not

No

No, this is discrimination.

Another no.

No they are not. It's a registration of interest. The job will be advertised to all.

No from me!

Have you got a link or more info espee?

I’ve just googled GCHQ jobs and can’t find this on any of them?

So is this true or not?

It’s in the Fail. Apparently they asked for people from minorities to register their interest in working for GCHQ. Jobs were open to all applicants. So it’s not true and perfectly legal.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9325775/GCHQ-advertises-job-department-people-ethnic-minority-background-women.html

Shall we play a game? Let's guess which newspaper has made this story up.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9325775/GCHQ-advertises-job-department-people-ethnic-minority-background-women.html

Crossed post Blossoming

And another NO.

A job was advertised at a private school twenty five years ago. I applied for an interview I was told the vacancy was for ethnic minorities only. Blatant absolute discrimination there is no other to put it.

So this is not true

It’s Daily Mail kind of truth?

"Alternative truth" perhaps??

Discrimination of any kind is bad BUT if I were running an organization where a lot of clients were ethnic minorities I would want some staff reflecting the clients diversity. Mainly because it makes the clients more comfortable, comfortable clients equals more business.

Crossed posts

Great minds Alegrias1

Yes the Daily Mail lept at the oppurtunity but the advert did exist and GCHQ quickly used a loophole to avoid legal action by saying it was a register of interest not a job advert.

All segregation and discrimination is wrong no matter what form it takes or what direction it is in.

The Daily Telegraph has a byline for an article about LNer which is launching a move 'to put more women in the driving seat with campaign',
the byline says: 'LNER launches campaign to persuade female and minority ethnic entrants to pursue career in industry'.
The article describes how a rail company plans to use Facebook showcasing female train drivers in a bid to encourage more women to take up the job, and features Becky Brown, a driver for LNER launching the company's initiative to pursue a career in the industry.
It quotes research showing that in 2007 only 7% of applicants for driver roles were women, increased to 17% by 2020, and they are aiming for 40% by 2025.
It will also be targeting black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates in specific location.
The main aim is to persuade women into a job they do not normally consider.

Seems reasonable to me.

locations.
It does not say 'only', so as long as all applicants are considered, that is fair.

Oh for goodness sake.

Organisations are perfectly entitled to say that they are welcoming enquiries from groups of people who are under-represented in that organisation. Its a recognised way of trying to widen the range of people who apply for posts. I've done it myself. (Not at GCHQ, in case anyone is wondering!)

It doesn't mean that the jobs are ring fenced for any particular kind of people. No discrimination here, despite what the DM would have you believe. Organisations have to be squeaky clean about how they offer jobs.