I work in a job where I have to process up to 50 resumés per day. And I saw a very prominent trend.
White Male privilege
I have come across countless CV's in which white men with barely 2 GCSE's were earning around 35-45k per annum. I could not believe my eyes. Although I must take into account that these men were old, so they were of a simpler less competitive generation, and also they worked at the same job for long periods of time and thus promotions are to be expected. I did not see this trend in POC applicants.
Sexism
- The average female applicant got paid less than men for pretty much the same work
- The average female applicant works harder than men imo, especially asian (women with islamic names) vs their male counterparts. I say they worked harder because their salaries were awful for pretty typical jobs. I came across women who worked for a company for 3 years and yet they would only be earning around 16k per annum. That means their entry salary could may been even worse.
Racism
I saw that my colleagues were far more lenient and patient with applicants with "white sounding" names, as opposed to asian/african names.