Cancer Survivors Have Fewer Chances of Receiving Callbacks From Possible Employers

According to a recent study conducted by Rice University and Penn State University researchers, job seekers who are cancer survivors have fewer chances of receiving callbacks from probable retail managers than those who did not reveal their health experiences.

The research that was recently published in the Journal of Applied Psychology by the American Psychological Association was directed towards retail employers and distinguished two groups of job seekers: applicants who apparently never had cancer and applicants who pointed out on their resumes that they are cancer survivors.

As reported by Medical News Today, seekers revealing a cancer history earned fewer callbacks from employers than the seekers who did not reveal their cancer history. Researchers also said that for the cancer survivor class, 21 percent earned callbacks. For the control group, almost 37 percent earned callbacks, a numerically critical contrast.

Lead researcher Larry Martinez, assistant professor of hospitality management at Penn State said that this is particularly precarious as people with recurring and history of illnesses are secured from prejudice by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and their data signifies that cancer survivors are likely to reveal their cancer histories with interviewers at comparatively high percentages.

Part of the research aimed 121 retail employers at three huge shopping malls in an urban area in the southern part of the United States. Five secret analysts, two men and three women between ages 21 and 29, were appointed randomly to reveal an experience of cancer or supply no information about a history of cancer. Before the data gathering, experts have proved that each businesses was hiring. Experts have eliminated managers who used a rigid online-only application process. Only one applicant has entered each establishment.

Martinez said that the succeeding steps in this part could incorporate training managers to be aware of discrimination they might have towards other people with history and chronic health cases.

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