Masculine wording in the job advertisements; take the gender bias out of job listings
Please rewrite them!
Human resources, are you listening?!!
By Swati Kumari
While some people boast about women empowerment, there is another face who slaps the term of empowering women.
I am a law graduate. I was the rank holder throughout my school. I was the topper of my class during my graduation and post-graduation. I won the medals in almost all the events and competitions throughout my life; and to be precise, I studied in a co-ed school and college and won against my male competitors.
But, today I feel that I was living in an illusion; either I am a failure, or this society is.
After working for 3 and a half year for a known MNC as a legal professional, I resigned. After my marriage I decided to shift from Delhi to Gujarat, with my husband. It was not that easy to adapt at a new place, culture and life. But I always believed in living new experiences and for that adaptation is a necessity of life.
I took a month’s break before taking up a
new job.
I updated my profile on various online job portals and was super excited when I received an e-mail for a similar job opportunity I was looking for.
Experience, salary and location was all perfect that I wanted. I grasped some air and scrolled down.
Education criteria, qualification, age … everything matched. I scrolled further down.
I was fine with the job responsibility as well. I handled similar job responsibilities in my previous job.
Wait… but something was not right.
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