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There are essentailly two realities in applying for a job.
Barry notes the exterior appearance of the applicant, and intends with this the idea of a man in a suit with golden cuffs on his shirt-sleeves, walking into an office and asking to be employed.
However, many jobs, probably the majority, are factory-related, where people do not work wearing suit and tie, or a nice dress and expensive lady's shoes.
These jobs are always offered via recruitment agencies, and they each receive usually over 100 applications.
This is easy to check, just go on a job-site where the number of applications is indicated, and see.
The emplyer does NOT see any of these applicants when choosing the few who will be selected for an interview.
Those who are not selected, will not be seen by the employer, who only viewed their application.
Surely the 98 out of 100 applicants who did not get an interview did not write: "I have tatoos, wear ear-rings, my old man is a dustman, lives in a council flat, and wears a dustman's hat", as Barry sort of implies.
So how on Earth can the employer reject these 98 out of 100 applicants without ever seeing them face to face, in the way Barry seems to suggest.
It is obvious to see that the emplyer is following different criteria?
Or do you believe, Barry, that the employer summons all 100 apllicants to his office and views them personally? He/she doesn't!
And please believe me, Barry, that unemployed people applying for a factory or cleaning job, or similar, usually do not have the money to buy a suit and tie and a pair of city-formals, nor would they be expected to turn up at an interview wearing them! To be serious, and normally dressed, at such an interview, is enough.
Are we talking here offactory or cleaning jobs? Yes.
My belief is that the employers who read the applications know full well who they will choose, as they (at least almost always) get the application via an online recruiting agency, which is how most of these jobs are offered and applied for.
Barry, I'd like to welcome you to the other half of the world which you are evidently not acquainted with!
