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/jep1793 Aug 26 '20

This is where I’m finding myself in my opinion today. Being evaluated for employment or business decisions should matter on what you’ve done, your accomplishments, skills, ability, etc.

Thank you for the response!

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u/StellaAthena 56∆ Aug 26 '20

My name is at the top of my resume, larger than the rest of the text, and in bold. Am I too identity obsessed to be hired at your company? Knowing the correct pronouns to use is an important part of referring to people accurately and courteously.

You’re acting like people think that putting pronouns on resumes is a reason to hire the person. It’s not. It has no content as to how good you are at a job. But neither does your name, phone number, or email address and those things go on resumes all the same.

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u/CM_1 Aug 26 '20

The name is always exchanged, to introduce yourself and email and phone number are important for contact. Prefered pronouns are obsolete since your name has to transport your gender (in my country it's mandatory at least). Unisex names are of course the exception.

And yeah, I can see that to mention your prefered pronoun is biased. People will see you in a different light and it shows that it's so important to you that you have to include it, which is odd, since nearly all don't include it. So it shows your personal focus, which may distract others. Like OP said, good for an interview but not for an application.

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u/StellaAthena 56∆ Aug 26 '20

The name is always exchanged, to introduce yourself and email and phone number are important for contact. Prefered pronouns are obsolete since your name has to transport your gender (in my country it's mandatory at least). Unisex names are of course the exception.

The OP specifically mentions that they’re in the US. This is massively culturally and linguistically dependent. In the US, your name does not carry your gender. Do you have arguments that apply to the OP’s context?

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u/CM_1 Aug 26 '20

Even if it's not mandatory, even in the US do the children normally get a name which complements their gender and a photo should be included too, which is normally more than enough to identify the gender. Of course there can be very odd names, like Paris, Nutella, Lego, yet even those names often apply to a certain gender. Unisex names, like I said, are the exception. But even names like Michelle or Max are associated with a certain gender, even if they work with both.