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Housing Seminar: Partnerships with the Public Sector – Avoiding the pitfalls
Thu 31 May 2012
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REC: Recruiters take anonymous CVs to tackle discrimination claims
Mon 04 Jan 2010
A growing number of businesses are accepting anonymous CVs from job applicants to avoid potential legal action, experts have revealed.
According to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC), many blue chip companies are among those willing to receive CVs without a name attached.
This step is being taken to stop rejected applicants from claiming they have been discriminated against on the basis of their gender and/or ethnicity.
Tom Hadley, spokesperson for the REC, told the Guardian this practice is also becoming increasingly common among agencies that work with public sector organisations.
Campaigners such as the Ethnic Minority Advisory Group are going as far as to suggest that anonymous CVs should be made compulsory in the UK.
Vice chairman Jeremy Crook said this would represent a step forward in tackling discrimination.
