You want to know the real truth, that HR managers are never doing to admit?
The look at the EEOC status first.
“The look at the EEOC status first”
and the age
Look up “OFCCP”. It is the EEOC on steroids.
The Federal Government making large corporations and anyone doing business with the government submit tedious search reports on positions they have filled, breaking everything down by RACE!
“For the Senor Analyst role, we received resumes from 18 candidates. Ten where white. Four were black. Two were Hispanic, one was Asian, and one Pacific Islander. Of that group we interviewed 3 white candidates, 3 black candidates, the Asian and the Pacific Islander. We hired Susie Jones, a white female, due to reasons A, B, C, D,.....”
And I really wish I were making that up.
Because you should never hire that which you cannot fire.