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Interviewing |
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Exactly |
| Date Posted: |
01/31/2006 |
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So, I can understand not starting the job interview by blurting out "I plan on having babies and being out on leave through most of my years at this Firm," but hiding your wedding band is borderline insane. As the other poster noted, it is neither legal nor ethical to consider marital status in an employment decision (in the US -- have no idea what the story is elsewhere), so it is not an issue.
Also, deciding to think about having children does not = having children, as they may have taught you in health class back in HS. Leave the rings on, don't worry about this topic, and go forth and be fruitful and multiply. |
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McK_NYC's answer is spot on. Many of the women in my office were married when they started at McKinsey and I really doubt they took their wedding rings off to interview.
And, as McK_NYC also wisely alluded, not to be a wet blanket, but just planning to have kids doesn't mean it's necessarily going to work out as quickly as you would like -- particularly if you are staffed out of town and therefore sleeping alone 3 nights a week!
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