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08-24-2016, 08:18 PM
Job recruiter advises women to ditch their engagement rings in interviews
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As if the wage gap (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/gender-pay-gap-graduates/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and substandard maternity leave practices (http://mashable.com/2015/01/25/maternity-leave-policy-united-states/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) weren't already keeping women from achieving their career goals, **w their engagement rings may be keeping them from getting the job in the first place.
According to a LinkedIn blog post by male job recruiter Bruce Hurwitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucehurwitz), a woman shouldn't wear an engagement ring to an interview because it sends the message that she's "high-maintenance."
Hurwitz wrote in his post:
Apparently, this woman's ring was so big (Hope Diamond big) that Hurwitz claims a male employer just can't pay attention to his own job. It does **t matter that a woman is skilled, talented and right for a position. There's something shiny on her finger. **t a good fit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/engagement-rings-jobs-interviews/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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As if the wage gap (http://mashable.com/2016/08/23/gender-pay-gap-graduates/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) and substandard maternity leave practices (http://mashable.com/2015/01/25/maternity-leave-policy-united-states/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) weren't already keeping women from achieving their career goals, **w their engagement rings may be keeping them from getting the job in the first place.
According to a LinkedIn blog post by male job recruiter Bruce Hurwitz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brucehurwitz), a woman shouldn't wear an engagement ring to an interview because it sends the message that she's "high-maintenance."
Hurwitz wrote in his post:
Apparently, this woman's ring was so big (Hope Diamond big) that Hurwitz claims a male employer just can't pay attention to his own job. It does **t matter that a woman is skilled, talented and right for a position. There's something shiny on her finger. **t a good fit. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/08/24/engagement-rings-jobs-interviews/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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