Marital status in the resume - is the obligation?
- The indication of marital status in a job application is never an obligation. She had naturalized over time. Since the introduction of the General equal treatment act, the selection criteria for candidates were limited but strong.
- Although the law does not forbid the employer to ask about marital status, but the applicant should be selected only after the training, qualifications and skills. Therefore, the family is only a voluntary indication of status.
- In addition, no longer mandatory, the application or the resume with a photo equip. This is to prevent the appearance or origin of a candidate to be used as a selection criterion.
Marital status in the resume - that you need to know about it
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Voluntary indication of marital status: options
If you specify your family Situation on the resume, remains so up to you. Note, however, that no later than the disclosure of your tax class will be to reveal to the employer of their marital status. The family can then leave with the employer a specific image:
- Single: you are flexible and, therefore, no fixed place-bound, in addition, it is in the eye of the employer's mobile. On the other hand, the indication can signal that there is a lack of them, for example, of reliability.
- Single with child: It suggests that in its flexibility would be very limited.
- Married (without child): This family makes it look that you with both legs in life. In addition, you are bound to a place and can work together in the long term with a company. Perhaps the children can include lots More on the fact that the children wish in the foreseeable future. The means for the company a longer time out of the extracted fresh labour-power and of course, upcoming costs.
- Married (with children): Are you married and have one or more children, the limited flexibility of lead. Since you want to take care of your children, you may be less willing to work Overtime. On top of that, they can't be sent on long business trips.
- Generally speaking, almost any employer in the family is to be a criterion for exclusion. You are unsure how your employer interprets the specification, you should address him in a personal interview and your flexibility.
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