I just prefer a culture that tries to stop ugly people being victimised, innit.
Of course it does, I'm not naive. But if there are some anti-descrimination laws, people at least stand a chance, whith those jobs that are advertised for which they apply, if discrimination played a role. Which can be proven if someones qualificatons are higher than the buxom blondes hem-line.
While rationally I agree with you, having been in the position of cooling my heels feeling I was stuck in a dead-end position until I took a back-office sort of job and suddenly got a $10/hr increase in pay... I'd almost* prefer to know up front that the company in question would happily give me more money if I were out of sight of the public.
*The "almost" part being that it puts a bit of a dent in the ol' self-esteem even while giving you solid reason for looking for a new employer.
Recites to self in mirror:
I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and by golly, I like me.
Yes.
The unqualified dick heads who think just because they can speak English, they can teach it.
Those so dumb that, having received a job rejection, feel they can ask the company exactly why - because they believe they should have been begged to join the company and ushered in with red-carpet treatment because the sun shines out their backsides.
Oh, and don't forget those who do mind-numbingly stupid that having made a gob-smackingly obvious blunder then post it to a public forum thinking that not only are they right, but that they are actually clever.
There, that feels better now...
Hot flushes pet?
Although I don't totally agree with the OP's reaction I don't understand what you are going on about.
Why can't a candidate ask a company for the reason for which they got rejected?
In my experience companies are much more often arrogant with job-seekers than the other way round.
A job ad does not mean there is actually a job! Sometimes a job-ad is just an ad. The company is pretending to be vigorous when, in fact, it is fighting for survival.
Another possibility is that the company already has a favorite candidate who does not have a work permit. So they advertise repeatedly and then request a work permit claiming not finding local applicants.
I taught conversational English for a while... a very short while because quite frankly I was crap at it. Now, that's not to say the OP would be crap at it but, after the experience I had I fully understand why some form of qualification was preferred.
Secondly, though you may not need a good command of the local language to teach English, I can understand why this may have been made a requirement. The company runs in German, French and Italien so why should they reprint all the stuff for 1 member of staff who's command of a local language is poor? Even their standard contract would need to be translated... otherwise in a dispute the argument of not being able to fully understand what that "mean ol' nasty employer forced me to sign" could well be raised. Now this is just my guess that it may be part of their thinking. YES you will be teaching English BUT you will still be part of a team, that you could then consider communication within the organisation as a mere side issue and not really relevant I find suprising.
Finally, lets not forget Switzerland is a tinsy weeny dinky little country on the grander scale of things and it really does not help to tick people off as invariably your next job application will land on the desk of the cousin's best friend's sisters's boyfriend's mother who will know the whole story and before you know it...
Now, after I've deliverd a long holier than thou post about your actions, I would like to just add, I can completely sympathise with you! Sometimes it is so satisfying to have a little dig and feel better about yourself. Particularly if you feel like you've been banging your head against a brick wall... Don't dispair, keep going you'll find something.
I read in the 20min yesterday, that the SGB was suggesting anonymous application be used in Switzerland as foreigners are descriminated against when applying for jobs. Is this desrimination OK too?
Yes, that 'discrimination' is ok too.
Here my quote what I think about MusicChicks boyfriend's company that doesn't want to employ Swiss:
I think people have the right to hire who they want. If a company doesn't want to hire women, so be it. I'm just not sure I or someone else would want to work at that company, and that again might be the company's loss.
If my company wouldn't hire foreigners, Germans in particular, we sure as hell wouldn't be where we are today. I sure hope we don't import more of that discrimination, PC crap from US/UK/Aus..