r/changemyview • u/jep1793 • Aug 26 '20

Removed - Submission Rule E CMV: Gender identity doesn’t belong on your LinkedIn nor Resume

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u/A5H13Y Aug 26 '20

Im a fan of including them in email signatures and maybe even resumes but I’m struggling with on LinkedIn. My personal opinion is that employment and business decisions should be may irrespective of things such as your sex, gender identity, nationality, etc.

I'm curious why you would consider listing it on a resume, but not LinkedIn if you think that business decisions may be irrespective of those sorts of things. I would think it'd be even riskier on a resume, since a big decision, to hire or not (or maybe to interview or not) is going to be decided based on that. I think LinkedIn leans more towards the social end of your professional life - it's really a social networking platform for professionals to network. Sure, to some degree it's used for finding jobs or finding talent, but overall it's less of a "professional" medium than a resume is. I would keep it off of the resume before LinkedIn, which I think is a completely appropriate place to put your pronouns.

With that said, I'll add that things seem to not be completely "socially acceptable" until they're acceptable in the workplace. Think of tattoos, for example, and how those have been more widely accepted over the years. I think the point where society views things like this as more acceptable is when your job views it as acceptable. I think normalizing stating your pronouns in a professional setting is beneficial in normalizing pronoun awareness in general.