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EOE Concerns w/ Electronic-only Job Application?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paper-applications-should-still-be-an-option dept.

Khyber asks: "Jobs seem to be increasingly harder to find in the real world today, and even harder to obtain due to the increased proliferation of on-line-only or electronic-only job applications. I know this firsthand - as today I attempted to apply for a job at Kroger's, only to discover that I had to fill out one of these electronic applications in their 'Career Opportunities Kiosk.' The machine miserably failed to get past the second page of the multi-paged the application. I've asked the manager if there was a paper application to fill out (why do I need to know how to use a computer to stock shelves?) and he has told me that I -must- fill out the application on their broken and defunct Dell Genesis Terminal. Are there legal concerns that I should be looking at, here?" "Kroger's claims to be an EOE employer, however I feel that I am being denied my equal opportunity to gain employment due to the failings of a broken piece of software and hardware, and the refusal by the manager to give me a paper application to fill out, as an alternative. Can this be considered discriminatory to those of a lower education level in their attempt to obtain a job, as well? Are there any laws on the books that give me the opportunity to fill out the application on paper as opposed to digitally?"

3 of 402 comments (clear)

  1. you have much to learn, young grasshopper by JeanBaptiste · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    the broken machine _was_ the test. the applicant they were looking for would be the one that would fix it themselves. /least thats how I would do it //cause i'm malicious like that

  2. limits job selection by qrkster · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No wonder why the American unemployement rate is so high. It's all these illegal immigrants who were never educated in technology or the english language are the ones who are failing these job applications.

  3. No, YOU need to stop being a whiny bitch! by Vicissidude · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Ahh yes, finally... the whiny bitch complaint.

    Why don't YOU stop being a whiny bitch about HIM being a whiny bitch?!

    Hmmm... Oh wait. Maybe I should stop being a whiny bitch about YOU being a whiny bitch about HIM being a whiny bitch?!... Damn, the bitching never ends!

    We've discovered the key to perpetual bitching!... The whiny bitch complaint!