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Acceptable Tribalism? Or Overt Anti-Semitism?
I appreciate that most people hire from within their comfort zone. And I defend it – many companies with a certain ethos would not benefit from someone with a very different background, culture, or even language. It is hard enough to communicate clearly as it is!
So this survey made me wonder: is this, too, totally OK?
When asked about Jewish participation in their industry, 23% say it’s their belief that their industry should have fewer Jewish employees.
We collected data on what industry survey respondents work in. When further evaluating industries that had at least 25 respondents, there appears to be more prejudice in certain sectors, including business, construction, education, entertainment, finance, and technology.
More specifically, compared to 26% of hiring managers across all sectors, 40% of hiring managers in entertainment say they are less likely to move forward with Jewish candidates, as do 37% of hiring managers in business and 37% in finance.
Additionally, 38% of hiring managers in finance, 34% in technology, and 31% in business say they believe their industry should have fewer Jews. This is compared to 23% of overall managers.
1 in 6 have been told to not hire Jewish applicants by leadership
Seventeen percent of hiring managers say they have been told to not hire Jewish applicants by company leadership. This is true of more hiring managers in education (30%), entertainment (28%), and business (26%).
One-third say antisemitism is common in their workplace
Furthermore, 33% of hiring managers say antisemitism is ‘very common’ (14%) or ‘common’ (19%) in their workplace, while 29% say antisemitism is ‘very acceptable’ (17%) or ‘somewhat acceptable’ (12%) at their company.
Additionally, 48% of hiring managers in both education and entertainment say antisemitism is common, while a staggering 45% of hiring managers in business say antisemitism is acceptable in their workplace.
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Hiring managers who have a less favorable opinion of Jews are far more likely to discriminate against Jews in the hiring process. Of those with a diminished opinion of Jews, 62% say they are less likely to move forward with Jewish applicants, and 78% believe their industry should have fewer Jewish employees. Furthermore, within this group, 72% say antisemitism is common and 70% say antisemitism is acceptable in their workplace.
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All data found within this report derives from a survey commissioned by ResumeBuilder.com and conducted online by survey platform Pollfish. In total, 1,131 hiring managers and recruiters were surveyed.
Appropriate respondents were found via employment status demographic criteria and a screening question. To take the survey respondents had to be employed and work as a hiring manager or recruiter.
These are pretty big numbers. I am quite sure that nobody would have given those same answers if they were asked about black applicants – perhaps for a variety of reasons.
My biggest takeaway is that it is now more socially acceptable to be openly anti-Jewish than at anytime since the 1960s. Which is probably not a great development.
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I’m afraid it goes with the territory. I think it is helpful to always point out that it is the left who is obsessed with people’s skin color, and not conservatives, any time you hear this nonsense.
Anything I say here on this topic should not be taken to infer that I believe individual people have never experienced discrimination based on ethnicity or sex. I know plenty of very successful people who have. They just don’t allow it to be determinative of outcomes or even to influence their behavior.
I have to assume that this was some very flawed polling. I know that there have been a lot of Jew-hating Americans, but it seems like they mostly belong to an age group that has largely died off. It just seems very, very improbable that 30+% of people who make hiring decisions would weigh this against an applicant.
Forget ‘offended by’, these attitudes can build into something more dangerous.
Not to argue with God, but surely there are other ways? I grew up in India (as I repeatedly say) and (the very small number of) Jews in India stayed Jewish, thank you very much, without that.
Why are you sure that it will stay ‘soft’ (??) and not become ‘hard’?
Fair. I’m not above flying under the radar when I need to. But none of us can forget that there is a radar, and what it’s looking for. Which I don’t think should be dismissed or minimised?
They were bigger than the haters. This is a philosophy that Asian Dad and I approve of.
Big ups to India for being respectful of the Jewish minority. Also, big ups to traditional Chinese culture for leaving the Jews alone.
I knew one kid and one neighbour who didn’t like blacks when I was growing up. The rest didn’t care.
According to the lovely Californian waitress who puts up with my questions, she didn’t know anyone who hated black people. One kid tried to be edgy and used a bunch of slurs but it is debatable if if he was a bigot.
I was willing to extend the benefit of the doubt for people in industries that really do have a high Jew-to-Gentile ratio, but all the rest of the findings disgusted me.
I frequently say that humans, sin, and selfishness are a constant, but I never quite believe it.
Jews are the common thread. Why are you looking for anything else?
I could see that, though – say you’re a white guy and have a job with or were signed up with Motown. You see black people being promoted, don’t get he promotion yourself, and ask yourself if the game is rigged against you.
And once a person decides that they can’t win at life because [race/class/religion] is keeping all the good stuff ‘in house’ he is poisoned and poisonous.
Could some of the anti-white mania taking over in the woke community have been interpreted in this polling in some way to be an increase in anti-semitism? I mean if you boost blacks and hispanics in hiring in the workplace that won’t include many Jews.
As I have previously said, the Woke left will turn against Asian-Americans. I wrote a post about it here that I thought was alright.
There is some racial nonsense as Bob Thompson has suggested but I think the main thing is the zero-sum fallacy of economics which inevitability leads to racism.
Not economics by itself. That might be used as a measuring rod but the individual must identify with a group that can claim some form of victimhood. The group identity is what seals it.
Probably a recent college graduate who had received CRT training.
That’s an observation worth considering.
Imagine playing a board game with with someone who accuses you of cheating if you win.
It’s not much different from that if they just say there are too many of you winning without cheating..
I started playing with the survey results a little.
“There not the real Jews” — an actual answer to the Other on “Q7.Why do you believe your industry should have fewer Jewish employees?”