Background:
My Husband has worked for a casino here in IL for about 7 years. He has previous Management experience, recently obtained his B.A., and has completed the companys management training program.
After graduating, he decided to start applying for supervisory positions. He has consitantly received almost a perfect review each year with this company.
Story:
He first put in for another department's supervisor position, which in the description stated Minimum 2yrs Casino experience and that was given to a person outside the company with no casino experience.
Same goes for the second position that came available not to long after.
Now, he has applied for a Shift Management position in which he has 15 yrs experience in that field and in which he was a manager for many years. The position clearly says, again, 2 years minimum casino experience REQUIRED. The person they hired has only 9 months at this casino only and has proven himself a terrible leader.
Now, this casino is primarily caucasion, and these positions are ALL late 20s-30s caucasion males. Of which my husband is. And all the postitions above where given to african american males.
If they had the qualifications of the job, worked there for some time, or atleast met my husbands, there would be no problems, BUT 3 times???? in a matter of 2 months???

Help....
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There could be all kinds of legit reasons why your hubby has not received the promotions, but on the surface the picture you paint looks like it is possible there was discrimination. The "facts" you cite that seem to support such an appearance is that all three incidents involve a different race selection and all three allegedly did not meet the company's posted qualifications whereas your hubby did. Your hubby has the "right" to file a complaint with the EEOC and/or to consult an attorney.

But if it were me, before taking such action I'd first try to use internal resources such as discussing the situation with my supervisor and ask if he/she can shed any light as to what is going on, and then possibly speak with the company's HR staff. *I* would not approach them in a challenging or adversarial manner, but rather from a standpoint of puzzlement, confusion, and perhaps a bit of discouragement.

In an ideal world, companies want to hire the best qualified person for the job (regardless of demographics), want talented people to advance, and do not want talented employees to become discouraged. Whether or not any of that applies to your hubby's situation would be speculation.

The Masked Poster has offered some sound advice.

I'm curious if you husband received any feedback when his post requests were denied. Did they interview him for the position? It's not uncommon to have a follow up meeting with internal posters to discuss "why" they did not receive an offer on the "new" position.

At any rate, it never hurts to ask "why". I agree it should be positioned in postive light. (I.e. What qualifications was I lacking for this posting? What can I do to improve my chances next time around? etc.) Just to let you know, it's also my understanding that the employer has no obligation to release such information. They may do so; but no requirement exists mandating they have to.

He has asked for reasons and action plans. They are supposed to follow-up with the rejected employees and give them a reason and an action plan. However, Only after persistance (sp?) from my husband did they give offer anything, but no reason and no action plan. He really wanted these things. This was after the first rejection. The second and third Nothing, again. No explanation, no action plan. I think my husband just really wants to know why, so he can better himself. Especially since they must think he's so awful that they would hire 2 people of which they know nothing about thier work ethics and no previous experience and 1 that has proven himself a terrible leader since he has been there. Again, with no previous experience.
I, personally, feel Ken's ego is hurt, especially since no one can give him ANY reason or advice, especially when this is the companys policy. It's like they are trying to brush it off.
Just seems suspisous (sp?)....

Thanks for the advice!

From what you post it may be that he is overqualified for the jobs. If he has a degree and 15 years of experience, and the job is seeking those with only 2 years and hiring those with less, I would think he may very well be overqualified for these positions. He may be willing to take these jobs but his employer may feel he would be bored and not stay or that he would be making more than they could afford to pay given his background.