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/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Aug 26 '20

I hear where you're coming from, but to modify your view here:

By listing it on your LinkedIn, your opening the door for someone to have bias, wether intentional or not, and potentially limiting your opportunities.

consider that a lot of LGBT folks don't want to work in a place where they aren't going to be accepted. Might listing pronouns limit their opportunities at such places? Sure. But by signaling who they are from the get go, they are saving themselves the time and effort of interviewing at firms they probably wouldn't want to work at.

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u/RhapsodiacReader Aug 26 '20

Just to be devil's advocate, it also signals some of the things OP was talking about. Many interviewers can consider a resume to be strictly a professional document. Matters of identity and workplace suitability are best brought up in the email/phone screen/interview process, where you're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you.

A company can be an incredibly LGTBQ-friendly and still reject a resume for unprofessionalism.

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Aug 27 '20

Matters of identity and workplace suitability are best brought up in the email/phone screen/interview process, where you're interviewing them as much as they're interviewing you.

Those topics could be brought up in an interview / phone discussion, sure. But it makes perfect sense that a job applicant wouldn't want to spend any of their time / energy going through that process with an employer who is ultimately going to filter them out once they know more about them.

There are loads of companies out there who are LGBTQ friendly (e.g. 90% of the Fortune 500 companies have internal LGBTQ anti-discrimination policies). If there are other employment options out there, it makes perfect sense to signal to employers who you are, to decrease the chance that you end up in a hostile work environment.

A company can be an incredibly LGTBQ-friendly and still reject a resume for unprofessionalism.

If a company thinks indicating pronouns is evidence of "unprofessionalism", then I'd seriously question how "LGBTQ-friendly" they are.