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Don’t ignore the fastest growing market in the world

by Dennis Beaver | advertising, career, consumer, discrimination, employment

September 16, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver “There is a huge market – millions of people – that could be a missed opportunity for American business,” says author Susan Golden, who teaches at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and is considered one of the...

The real skinny on obesity in the workplace

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment, workplace

June 24, 2022 • By Dennis Beaver While it may seem unfair, appearance – and weight – play a significant role in hiring, promotion and retention decisions. With the exception of weight that comes under the protection of the Americans with Disability Act, only Michigan...

Employers can avoid age discrimination suits

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment

June 11, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver As the concept of age discrimination has become better known, complaints from older American workers — people over 40— have gradually increased. Since COVID-19, agencies that deal with age discrimination have seen a significant ramping...

Did ‘It Can’t Happen Here’ almost occur?

by Dennis Beaver | author, discrimination, politics

March 19, 2021 • By Dennis Beaver  Following the end of World War II and the collapse of Hitler’s Germany, Americans were convinced that our way of life — our democracy — would make it impossible for what happened there to ever occur here.   But take a...

You sound white – I can’t hire you

by Dennis Beaver | business, discrimination, education

January 24, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “I am a recent college graduate with a degree in business administration and applied for a sales job at a black-owned insurance agency. “Within seconds of meeting the owner for an interview, he said, ‘You will do well...

Appearance matters in hiring process

by Dennis Beaver | discrimination, employment

April 25, 2015 • By Dennis Beaver Karen, a Hanford reader, phoned our office in tears, explaining that she had just finished an interview for a receptionist position and the owner “told me that I am horribly fat, have no idea what clothing is proper for an interview,...
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