Timewasting Employers- Why if my CV implies my race & you do not want this?

I have purposily added in my hobby words that indicates my race after years of being rejected for work due to the colour of my skin, when i attended interviews.

So why is it that when some employers respond to my application and request an interview, and being told towards the end they are impressed with my knowledge of the role and my tremedous experience but " they want someone that is the right fit"? Why waste theirs and my time?

So what is your logic behind that strategy?

The logic was simply for potential employers not waste my time if they are against employing people of colour. That way they know right up front. My surname is english and can be miscontrue as being English.

But how do you know the reason you aren't being employed is that you are a person of colour? Everyone who is asked to interview has already shown through the application process that they have the skills to do the job. Fit is always a key part of what is being assessed at interview and there are many reasons for not being the right fit. White people get rejected for fit as well. What evidence do you have that in your case it is your colour? Do the employers you are applying to have no people of colour in their workforce?

Try to learn more about how to fit in teams, how to detect a company style and they type of personality and skill set that is likely to fit, and work out how to adapt your interview presentation to the company. If you have access to something like LinkedIn learning, there will be courses on company fit on there. It's quite a subtle and difficult thing to work out, but once you spot the clues you can work to present a better fit - and the colour of your skin isn't an issue.

In ALL the places i have turned up to be interviewed and seen that the entire workforce were white! ( and many times i felt like walking out, but thought as i was there to go through with it ) so please stop the Boris " England is not racist , English employers are not racist -sega mate". I am not one to call a spade a spade without facts. It was the very reason why i had added key words in my hobbies in the first place to avoid situations such as what i had been experiencing. For some reason i cannot comprehend why i still managed to get responses from timewasting managers, it confuses me.

your post is an example of anecdotal evidence, not facts. There must be something you're not doing to show that you can fit into the company. I have a BAME background and I managed to get a role at a company - where the majority are either white English or white european. I also know people who have BAME backgrounds who work in companies where there is a majority of white people.

You're simply displaying a victim mentality and that is not good - equal opportunity doesnt not equate to equal outcome.

Did you ever consider the fact that the England consists of a greater proportion of white english people? It may not be the case in certain regions of england, but the majority are white english. So in most cases, there is likely to be a greater proportion of white English people in the majority of companies, with some exceptions?

Oh how i anticipated someone who will " POSE" as a member of the BAME community to point out that it is not a fact of race and is delusional and completely out of touch with how England and a LOT of employers are. A Lot are indeed racist.

Your words have no bases no facts. No one walks into an interview and displays "victim" mentality. I have always maintained a highly professional and knowledgeable approach . I know how to play the game when i enter the room, so please do not patronise me at all. It is a common feature and has been a topic in a LOT of BAME forums and if you were TRULY a part of the BAME group you would know that.

I have not said that i have not secured work in an all white environment. I have work for a few all companies that where all white ( unfortunately) in the past and it has been the most horrible and regretful experience. I found ( in my experience) white employers like to employ " token " black people to manipulate and take considerable advantage of . Maybe that is what they were hoping to see when i entered the room. Maybe they where hoping to see a subdued , demour woman of colour who would be a sucker. who they can take advantage of and when they saw a confident , woman who knows what she wants. And i dont mean being all attitudy, i mean assertive in a professional , knows what she wants and very knowledgeable about her experience and what she can bring to the role- they are like" Oh know, we dont want that". That is a grave possibility .

In ALL the places i have turned up to be interviewed and seen that the entire workforce were white!

Mebby research the employer before applying?

So why is it that when some employers respond to my application and request an interview, and being told towards the end they are impressed with my knowledge of the role and my tremedous experience but " they want someone that is the right fit"?

That is something i always do prior to attending interviews , but it does not give a true picture of the diverse population

Perhaps they only check about your last employer after the interview so only then hear of your tanished name.