Racial or Ethnic Minorities
The good news is that most employers fairly consider hiring a person based on his or her qualifications. In fact, many employers go out of their way to give minorities fair consideration through active recruiting.
The bad news is that some employers are still less likely to hire a qualified minorities because of negative stereotypes. Unfortunately, you are not likely to know which employers are being fair and which are not. Your best bet is to assume that the interviewer is being fair and will consider hiring you based on your skills and abilities, and then focus on those skills in the interview.
Biases against people with disabilities continue to influence hiring decisions, despite the Americans with Disabilities Act. According to the Society for Human Resource Management survey, many respondents indicated that accommodating employees with disabilities present difficulties for their organizations. They say that organizations worry about time off for illnesses and medical treatments and the cost of making special accommodations.
Assuming you would not seek a job that you could not or should not do, then you do not actually have a disability related to doing a particular job at all. Your goal is to convince employers of that fact by highlighting your skills, and providing proof of your successes.
The questions that follow are all legal, and they give you the opportunity to let an employer know that your situation will not be a problem. Your good answer to one of these questions lets you put an employer's concerns to rest.
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