i believeFirst let me tell you blacklisting does exists! I worked for a company that was stealing from me once I found out they wanted me to locate to another branch(so they can steal some more) Mortgage company, I said no and left. I closed 12 deal in a short period of time. So they kept telling me how great I was. Then I realized what was going on and left. After collecting unemployment (which they fought) I had someone call to check reference and they told her that I was a so so employee and that my I was not punctional! She told me not to use that company! It goes back to the saying your mother use to say "if you don' t have anything good to say SHUT UP" OK. If you genuinely believe this employer is intentionally and maliciously lying about you contact your lawyer or an employment lawyer and see about suing them for defamation or whatever your lawyer thinks the best cause of action might be, but what you' re describing is not "blacklisting." Hi, You did give me good advice on something I wrote to your earlier. However, on this I would like to know what type of lilies are you smelling because that garden must be nice. Where I am from people are sometimes cruel in their doings, they have other agendas therefore its no problem for them to speak wrongly about others! needtoknow, Paul was not disagreeing with you that what your former employer may be doing is not unethical, illegal, or immoral. He is merely pointing out that one employer's bad reference does not meet the typical meaning of "blacklisting." Blacklisting would be, for example, if you were prevented from working in your field because of a concerted effort by more than one former employer or supervisor.... One definition I found is this "....somebody who is fired for exposing poor working conditions in a particular company, and is subsequently blocked from finding work in that industry, may be considered to have been blacklisted. Blacklisting can and has been accomplished informally and by consensus of authority figures, and does not necessarily require a physical list or overt written record." So, though it does not literally mean there is a written list somewhere, it appears that being blacklisted requires a concerted effort by more than one authority figure. One employer stating that you were not punctual and were a "so-so" employee would not seem to meet that test. Blacklisting is also illegal. I' m not sure what point you were trying to make, but if you believe a former employer is intentionally and maliciously lying about you or some aspect of your job performance and, as a result, you' ve been wrongfully denied employment as a result, you have every right in the world to contact an attorney and see about suing the person who said it and the company that person works for. What' s with the affirmative action questionnaires? I haven' t applied for a Job in awhile but I never had to do that before is there a new law out? And how would it affect a potential job offer if I don' t answer? And am I on the wrong board for the question? Affirmative Action questionnaires are forms that you fill out that indicate your race, sex and nationality (maybe more). These are supposed to be kept separate from your application and resume and are used to determine the cross-section of people applying for a specific position. Supposedly not filling one out (or filling one out) has no bearing on being considered for a job. In a nutshell, an Affirmative Action Questionnaire is a document employers ask candidates to fill out - candidates don' t have to - that requests disclosure of information about things like race, gender, ethnicity, etc., etc. for the company to keep on file, separate and apart from resumes and applications, so they can show that they' re living up to their own Affirmative Action policies and procedures. Zat help? | |
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