Applying the Law to Recruitment




Hamish Wilkinson adjusts his tie to perfect centre

admires the way his newly polished shoes shine

while he waits to be called into the boardroom

for the interview at the Commission

for the position of Senior Policy Adviser 
Inside the boardroom, the recruitment panel

comprised of Director, Associate Director

and Head of Human Resources

are reading through Hamish Wilkinson’s cover letter,

his answers to key selection criteria and combing

his CV for relevance or inconsistencies

they are impressed, to say the least, from the 538

applicants, Hamish rose to their top three, indeed

the Director is thinking Hamish has the job 
Hamish Wilkinson is a borrowed name

by Elliseou Triantafyllidou who has

the qualifications experience and skills

for the position and who is hoping

the panel will focus on what he has to say
Choose the likely outcome:

      (a) the panel will not hide their disappointment while explaining identity theft

      (b) the panel will feign their fluster  //  endeavour to offer a polite curt interview

      (c) the panel will listen openly to Elliseou as he explains why he chose Hamish 
It’s reported that people with non-Anglo names find it harder to get job interviews. Research by the Australian National University used

4000 fake CVs to ascertain the extent of discrimination during recruitment: Booth A, Leigh A, Varganova E, Does Racial and Ethnic

Discrimination Vary Across Minority Groups? Evidence from a Field Experiment, Discussion Paper No. 4947, May 2010.

Although this type of situation occurred, the names are made up.