See, doing a group report over the entire company and I really can't find the kind of information I need. I'm supposed to tell how the diverse The Gap really is. But everytime I go into The Gap I never see anyone of an ethnic background working there. So I guess maybe I not really looking hard enough or they're really not there.
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First off you probably won't find any diversity in any GAP store. The name GAP, formerly known as GAPA, is an anagram for Global Arian Prosperity(Association). The association was founded by Jonathan T. Garrison in 1953 as a radical movement for white supremacy in the USA. Some of the founders of the GAP clothing store (which I won't state there name) were involved in this association. Although laws have changed some traits have not. I'm sorry that this is all I can share with you.
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I used to work at a place where there were very thourough backround checks. As the manager in charge of hiring, i found that there were many very good applicants that were automatically denied for that reason. I understand what you are saying. It must be very difficult for people who are trying to get their lives back on track to find opportunities, since this seems to be so common amoung many corperate and franchise businesses. What is ironic is that I often found that some of  those with no criminal backround, after being hired,  were much more of a risk to our company, where as perfectly good applicants with a smudge on their record, would have probably performed a lot better as employees. Now I'm not saying that I would have hired all ex- felons who had applied, due to the fact that some of them seemed to still have serious issues, but if it were my choice in the matter, character and ability would matter far more than a bad choice that was made before.   I feel that a person should not be denied an employment opportunity due to a past that they have already paid for. It is definetley a type of discrimination.
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You won't want to hear this, but there are PLENTY of qualified teachers here in the U.S. - unfortunately, there has to be a minimum number of minority teachers hired at different schools. Reverse racism. I have been told straight out that I would have had a job, but they couldn't get a minority waiver.
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You can't be too careful. Of course, it might not be politically correct to monitor a specific ethnicity either. I have met a few rag-heads that are pretty cool, and who are my friends. They call me cracker, and we play around, but don't take offense to each other's sarcastic jokes.
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Nothing is for free in the race industry. Have you tried friends that own businesses & local busineses? Have you talk to members of your race team, they may know.Do you know any veterans in the business, they can show you the ropes? Network, network, network If you don't have the time get a manager.
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You know, that is such a great question.  I'm stumped.  I do love the one about "they probably hired an illegal immigrant"!!  that is funny!  probably totally true.  She said J/K, I'm not, heck, I'm from LA!!!\n\nBut honestly, that is really lame.  It could depend on several things such as the type of job you're going for.  I suspect that since you said "second job", it must be something at a store or something like that; sales, retail, hospitality.  I mean, clearly, you're not an engineer and trying to get a second job as a financial consultant!  not cause you couldn't, just because of the time factor.  SO, with that said, I think that it is a total lazyness thing on their part.   If you're going for jobs that have a super high turnover such as retail or hospitality, then first of all, there's probably a lot of "younger" type managers and they do their job as an H.R. person by just calling qualified candidates.  Then once they do that, they give the pile of resumes of "available people" to the hiring manager and since that hiring manager is probably 26, they have no clue what to really look for and probably take someone who either 1, was right there at the right time 2, had similar experience at a similar business or 3, didn't even bother filling the position.  \n\nI'm betting on this.  If you're going for these types of jobs, you are GROSSLY over estimating them!!!  SO many managers are clueless and have little business being a manager in the first place.  they just happened to be at the right place at the right time for a promotion.  Don't despair.  If there's somewhere where you really want to work, go in and hand the hiring manager your resume.   Human contact does go far.
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I doubt that anyone reading this has the internal site for a company, and if they did, they wouldn't want to post it here where it could be seen by thousands of strangers. I suggest you contact the company directly.
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Your human and I bet beautiful, sounds like a great combo, who cares, I am mixed hispanic and swedish, I have no idea what I am, so on all paperwork I mark two ethnicities who cares!!  There is tooo much emphasis on who is what color, be happy!!!
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My experience was quite good.  I've heard that each location (country) may vary considerably in personality.  It would probably be beneficial to ask questions directly to the location in which you are interested.
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I think that some Caucasians are worried about minorities like us taking their place in the political and business world. Politics and business equals control and Caucasians know that, so they may be intimidated by that.
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i also live in metro detroit and have been looking for a couple of months. the job market sucks here right now. i went on an interview the other day and it seems promising. i got the interview through working on a temp project at my husband's place of employment. a lot of other people on the project worked with a temp agency. that's an idea. you can work off and on and make some money while testing out companies. plus, if they are looking for permanent employees, they will consider you and you have an advantage having worked for them temporarily before.
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it seems like we can't do that b/c people feel discriminated against if they are in a minority...employers & organizations have to have 'proof' that they don't
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To be quite honest, it's not a matter of the market. It's more a matter of so-called 'native' speakers. In Vancouver, most of the ESL schools downtown (which there are quite a few around downtown) are owned by either Japanese, Hong Kongers or Koreans. And you know very well from experience in Asia that they are very discriminatory and only prefer to hire a 'white face', rather than an asian face. And they would tell you that it's the students' choice whom many of them are from Asia (Taiwan, Japan, Korea, etc.). So I hate to say that his chances of teaching ESL is very slim or zero. But one way to start off is to volunteer his service in a community centre where he can gain local canadian experience which can help him seek future employment in this field. So be prepared to face the discrimination or prejudice in the beginning and with self-preservance, he may come out alright with a school which is more open-minded and give him a chance. G'luck!
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I worked at GAP for five years. I already know how the name originated. The family that started the clothing store was not even gay. This is just something that was created in the minds of people later on that wished it meant that. It is false. \n\nPeople even have it on T-Shirts saying "GAP - God Answers Prayers".
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I understand how you feel. It would help to know if your employer is civil service or private industry. EEOC is a joke! They take your complaints and send them right back to the employer so that they can investigate themselves.\n\nI am going through the same crap as you and I have decided that I am not going to quit my job. Stay there and let them look at you day after day. What you all really need to do is go - as a group - to a newspaper, the news stations, 48 hours, etc., and get some publicity out of this.\n\nAs far as birthday celebrations, all of the minorities should get together and start their own "birthday club". When management asks why you're not including the whites, tell them that you all are celebrating the birthdays of the forgotten employees.
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This sure does sound like a case of discrimination. It doesn't matter what the color of your skin is. Poeple can have friends of different color, race and ethinic background. You should not be fired or tranferred for just talking with or having lunch with someone is different than you....
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Try The Vault. It has real employee surveys, and lots of inside information on companies. You might have to get a membership to view some areas.