I have a lot of appreciation for "you shouldn't ever lie on your resume," but I also feel for the people who feel they are being discriminated against. If someone black thought that he stood a better chance of being hired by pretending to be white (we used to call this "passing"), who am I to tell him that he should sacrifice his employment for the greater good?
If you want people to not lie about age, take away the incentive to do so.
You're right. It's very easy for me to say "Don't pass, don't use a 'white' name." I live in a country with good laws, and quangos intent on upholding those laws, and free legal advice for people who feel they're being discriminated against. And yet it's still a problem.
Yeah, we more or less have that in the US, too. (The details matter for specific cases, but not for general discussions.)
Yet, we still have people posting job offers like this, which demands you have gotten your PhD in the past two years.
http://parezcoydigo.wordpress.com/2012/09/10/old-phds-need-n...
I have a lot of appreciation for "you shouldn't ever lie on your resume," but I also feel for the people who feel they are being discriminated against. If someone black thought that he stood a better chance of being hired by pretending to be white (we used to call this "passing"), who am I to tell him that he should sacrifice his employment for the greater good?
If you want people to not lie about age, take away the incentive to do so.