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‘Career mentor’ on LinkedIn criticised for demeaning women candidates
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A LinkedIn post that questions the work ethics of ‘female candidates’ when it comes to showing up for interviews is getting criticised on X. On Sunday, an X user who goes by the username @itsokaybis shared a screenshot of a LinkedIn post of a woman named Sofia Reza, who claims to be a ‘career mentor’ and ‘talent developer’.
In her post, Reza argued that ‘female candidates’ show up for interviews about 50% of the time while ‘male candidates’ show-up for interviews 80% of the time. She further argued that women use the excuse of ‘family emergency’ to opt out of interviews while men either ‘apologize and commit to the earliest alternate time’ or ‘give clear, unambiguous and genuine reason for unavailability’.
In her now deleted LinkedIn post, Reza wrote, “If we are to believe female candidates, it seems half the families across Pakistan are always having a “family emergency”. Even senior experienced female professionals have this same problem and use the same excuse. It’s an epidemic that even the WHO hasn’t figured out yet.”
LinkedIn remains undefeated as the worst platform ever ???? this is a serious post by a person who considers themselves a mentor … a mentor for misogyny maybe, them and all the HR executives liking the post pic.twitter.com/RoUfpKfDG7
— bis (@itsokaybis) August 13, 2023
On X, many people questioned the accuracy of Reza’s post and argued that it did not take into account the unfair domestic and societal circumstances under which women operate.
An X user wrote, “Maybe if the men played their part women wouldn’t have family emergencies. Also, pick me women annoy me. You’re not competing with women for the spot. You’re competing with everyone. Stop taking down women. Ugh”.
Echoing a similar sentiment, another person wrote, “This is so infuriating. Women dealing with “family emergencies” is what allows men to continue their lives normally. Whether it’s related to children/in-laws health, home maintenance and staff issues. Whose career is perceived to able to afford a day off? Obviously the woman’s.”
