Discrimination is a daily aspect of life. It comes in different shapes, size, ‘odour’ and colour. And this does occur in recruitment as well, and no denying that fact.

In several companies and countries, candidates may have been discriminated based on their gender, a disability, how strange their name is, how funny their accent sounds or their sexual orientation.

Age discrimination is also quite common, depending on what the company is trying to present itself as, with candidates not remotely considered for a role either because they are too old or too young.

The UK and several western countries have set guidelines regarding discrimination within recruitment. A lot of recruiters and companies follow this guidelines, not just because they are rules, but also out of moral reasoning.

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