FAO Chef Tyke (Or anyone else with employment law knowledge)

Situation at work. Vacancies have been advertised and there are two stages to the application process. The first is an assessment and all applicants who pass the assessment will proceed to interview. It has now come to light (unofficially) that some applicants have progressed to interview or been offered the position without sitting the assessment.

I have sat the assessment and it was ridiculously difficult. I don't think I have passed (which I can accept) but I don't think the people who have progressed without sitting the assessment would have passed either. The selection process is clearly unfair (at least in my opinion), so my question is does the employer have to subject everyone to the same rules or is it entirely at their discretion and it's just tough ****.e?

Thanks

 

will send you a pm mate

 

Replied - thanks.

 

are the ones who have progressed from an under-represented group of employees -- may be company policy to positively discriminate. Or possibly account has been taken of previous experience and qualification - a point system which may get some applicants through the initial stage.

 

What do you do Conan? Feel free to ignore me, I'm just being nosey, I'm not wanting to have a go though, just interested.

 

I work for a law firm unfortunately - not employment law though!

 

External applicants with more experience have been made to sit the assessment regardless of experience. Most of the internal applicants have very similar levels of experience/qualifications.

 

Were you applying for a job as a paralegal?

 

Could depend on a host of factors. Qualifications, maybe they are already in a role for which that is a natural progression and that experience is deemed that they could reach the standard, perhaps they had to take the assessment when they joined the company.
A few years back I had to take an assessment for a progression whereas someone who hadn't been at the company as long as I had didn't have to take it - it transpired that was because after I joined they changed the process and all new applicants had to take the assessment, so they'd already done one and I hadn't.

 

Sort of. It's not advertised as that though so difficult to say if that's level or slightly above.

 

Could explain why your so boring...

 

Oi!