[Happy New Year... especially if you're not a "Dog"...!]
http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/05/stories/2006010502092200.htm Dog days in the job market SHANGHAI: In a new twist on the phrase "working like a dog," a company in northern China says it will only hire candidates born in the Asian zodiac's year of the canine. The lunar-calendar astrology used in China and several other Asian countries counts the coming year, which starts on January 29, as a dog year. The Asian zodiac assigns a different animal to each year in a 12-year cycle, each of which is credited with different personality traits. A personnel manager for Jilin Jiangshan Human Resources Development Co. Ltd., who gave his name only as Mr. Dong, said his company believes people born in dog years are simply more suited to its corporate culture. "We believe that people born in dog years are born with some good characteristics such as loyalty and honesty," Mr. Dong, himself a `dog,' said. "As a human resource company, those characters are exactly what we need," he said. [Wouldn't Dragons be more suitable in the HR Dept.? --CR] The company's policy, stated in an advertisement placed on an Internet job site, has prompted accusations of bias from some Shanghai college graduates, who face intense competition in China's increasingly crowded job market. Although Chinese law forbids discrimination in hiring, it does not say what constitutes an offence. - AP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SpamWall: Mail to this addy is deleted unread unless it contains the keyword "igve". _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [email protected] http://fes.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
