Saturday, June 18, 2011

Pre-Employment Personality Tests and the Disability Community

The office of Commissioner Felblum of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has scheduled a meeting with representatives from the disability and business communities to discuss the use of personality tests as pre-employment screening tools. The Autism Women’s Network will be in attendance, represented by Lindsey Nebeker, AWN’s Washington DC Liaison. Lindsey would like to hear from anyone in the disability community about their personal experiences with these tests, especially in regards to any concerns you may have. Please email your replies to info@autismwomensnetwork.org no later than 3:00PM EDT on Monday June 20, 2011. Thank you for your input.

Please reblog! This is an important issue! Employment personality tests create barriers to employment for those with MH Disabilities and DDs.Note that she’s not just looking for autistic input- if you have a disability and have a comment on these “tests”, please let her know!

I personally have seen questions (when trying for employment, particularly at Staples or the like) that held a bias against those who have abused or a victim of violent crime. (Plus, I even failed *walmart*’s personality test somehow?)

Posted at 2:05 PM 43 notes Tags: awn autism developmental disability PTSD mental health disability disability justice employment disability employment advocacy self advocacy EEOC Equal Employment Opportunity Commission Commissioner Felblum Autism Women's Network Lindsey Nebeker

Notes

  1. kantala13 reblogged this from allies-person
  2. allies-person reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    Urgh, those tests cause stress. I’m never sure how to answer them, since I feel like my real answers will often be seen...
  3. hersy reblogged this from fyeahautismspectrum
  4. neverdorothy reblogged this from awyeahmona and added:
    I definitely had a whole lot else to say but it mainly boiled down to, “THOSE PERSONALITY TESTS ARE AWFUL AND I HATE...
  5. violettte reblogged this from nicocoer
  6. theaetherealmeadow reblogged this from genderbitch
  7. matori reblogged this from fyeahautismspectrum and added:
    Signal boost because it’s about fucking time.
  8. jadedhippy reblogged this from genderbitch
  9. fyeahautismspectrum reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    If you can’t email I know earlier at least nicocoer was reading through the notes to compile responses to this. And...
  10. codeman38 reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    Sharing this for the benefit of others who might have any experiences with this. I don’t have much personal experience...
  11. nicocoer reblogged this from soilrockslove
  12. themalebridgettice reblogged this from nicocoer
  13. plures reblogged this from oldchristinathena and added:
    These questions are terrible for many autistics, mostly because they expect a certain type of social prediction that is...
  14. oldchristinathena reblogged this from genderbitch and added:
    Plus, honestly, a lot of them have confusingly-worded questions, and I have to guess at what their intended meaning is,...
  15. static-nonsense reblogged this from talesoftherin and added:
    oh god those tests i hate them so much. i have to lie in order to get past them, due to my mental disabilities - which...
  16. lucypaw reblogged this from genderbitch and added:
    I have had personality tests used for employment screening of me in the distant past so this is something that matters...
  17. tal9000 reblogged this from that-cabbage
  18. soilrockslove reblogged this from genderbitch and added:
    I had to help someone with one of these recently… they are bloody awful - long and mind-numbing. They also use a lot of...
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  24. fullofwhoa reblogged this from skalja and added:
    Signal boost.
  25. skalja reblogged this from awyeahmona
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  27. thenameoftheworms reblogged this from nicocoer and added:
    Oh geeze excellent timing (also feedback) Can someone contact them on my behalf? I’ve definitely had shitty experiences...
  28. talesoftherin reblogged this from nicocoer
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