Interviewed but no received no reply!

[guud]

I interviewed with a major healthcare corporation, and was told that in a week i'd be brought back for the second interview. This was two months ago, and as of yet I have not received a letter or other notification that i was/was not selected.

My question is, as a memeber of an minority group, is this lack of notification a violation of any tenets of the EOC laws. It seems to me that a large entity such as this would have procedures in place for such employments issues, and that this lack of any response to my interview augers well for the view that an impropriety has occurred.

I would appreciate any input before I contact the EOC.

Thanks

 

[rivulus]

There is nothing you can really do except trying to contact the HR department or whoever interviewed you. This has happened to me many times - I get interviewed and then nothing. No letter or phone call. WhenI call the company,the response is always "we are still working on it - the position is still open".

It is not a minority based issue (I'm white).

 

[guud]

I appreciate your reply and comments. I must say though that, the probability does indeed exist that it is not a minority issue. But the issue is far less clear than the "slam dunk" conclusion you suggest. As a White person, I guess you could logically exclude race as an issue in your non-selection. Unfortunately these issues, and experiences to wit, are non-transferable when it augers on the race issue. Can you not see this?

 

[rivulus]

There is a VERY slim chance that race had anything to do with it. Proving it is a whole different ball game. But,the situation is not all that uncommon. Contact the EEOC,but I seriously doubt you will get anywhere.

 

[guud]

You sound more and more stupid. Who but an vain idiot would state the probability of an event occurring without any prior knowledge of the circumstances involved. If you have relevant information then feel free to inform me. Otherwise direct your social commentary to the correct forum.

 

[Toniree]

Rivulus:

I hate to say it this way, but you don't understand racial profiling. You may not have been hired because you just weren't qualified. Guud probably was qualified but he/she was black. It is a very difficult world we are living in where blacks have to work 3 times as hard just to be on the same pay level as whites. Let me give you an instance of racial profiling. My husband was thrown on the floor by a man in the street who just pushed him over then antagonized while he was towering over him. My husband hit him one time in self-defense. That one punch ended up breaking his jaw and knocking out his teeth. Where we come from, you start a fight and lose, you just lose. But. in midtown Manhattan, he was a white executive, my husband is black blue collar worker. Guess who got arrested and ended up serving time for defending himself. These are the types of things that black people in America go through everyday whether we want to or not. I am just trying to show you why Guud might be frustrated with your post because you just don't understand.

 

[alligatorob]

unfortunate situation

I am white and have had the same thing happen to me, so it may not be racial. But having grown up in the Jim Crow south, I can certainly understand your feeling that it might be; and still knowing lots of rednecks unfortunately I know you might be right. I hope not.

 

[rivulus]

I am quite aware of the racial profiling that goes on!! I live in a good size city with a sizeable minority population. I have nothing against minorities. The original poster probably was qualified for the position. I too was qualified for the positions applied for and interviewed for. In the times it has happened to me,it was not racially motivated,but more likely that employers these days are simply lax in following up to say yes or no. Not being there,I have no idea if the lack of a call or letter was racially motivated or that the company never bothered to get back to any of the applicants. My response was to merely state that a company not contacting you after an interview (even if you call them) is far from uncommon these days.