British teen refused job at The Body Shop for not speaking Mandarin
Cambridge, UK - Working in a shop traditionally demands skills in customer service, how to use the till, and some knowledge of what’s on sale.
But a branch of the Body Shop has insisted on one extra qualification – the ability to speak Chinese.
Prospective employee Zoe Churchman says she was turned down for a part-time position at her local store because she cannot converse in Mandarin.
The 18-year-old, who as a hair and beauty student may have been considered an ideal applicant, was taken aback when her local store turned her down for a job because she lacked skills in the language.
When she dropped off her CV at the cosmetics store in Cambridge to apply for a Saturday job, she said a manager told her ability to speak Mandarin is required because ‘all our customers are Chinese students’.
Miss Churchman said: ‘I told him, “I’m a hard worker”, but he said the last person who had the job was English and spoke Chinese. I was really disappointed, the job would have been perfect for me.
‘I never thought I would have to learn Mandarin to get a job selling beauty products in England.’
Yesterday her father Martin, 52, who lives with his daughter in Over near Cambridge, described the demand as ‘ridiculous’.
He said: ‘When Zoe told me, I thought she must have misunderstood, but it kept grating on me and I had to go and check it out.
‘The manager himself said he thought the language requirement was odd, but said he had checked it out with head office. He said to me, “That seems to be the norm”.’
tengok jobstreet dan smua web carian kerja di malaya..smua firma cina letak syarat leh berbahasa cina..dengan kata lain....nak orang cina jugak kerja ngn dia...heran..kerajaan tk buat apa pun pasal isu ini..sme profesor bebangsa cina yg kekonon pro kebangsaan pun tk berani bukak mulot...
tp tk kesah pun...ada sbb nya..
firma cina ni akan terpaksa bagi dia punya untung pada kerajaan kerana tiada percentage pekerja bumiputeradey...
environment tempat kerja firma cina pun tk sesuai dengan orng melayu...
skang sudah ikut cakap dong zong...nk tk nk..dap sekeluarga gak yg kene hentam..padahal yg kasi lulus itu cina punya syllabus pun kementerian pelajaran melayu jugak...
once again... melayu 0 - cina 1... tang ni..kalau sapa kata typical ke..mengarut ke ape ke..tak pe....korang kulom je la realiti ni.. hahaha
gogo2 posted on 16-6-2013 06:54 PM
Tapi I tak tahu bhs Mandarin pon. Anak Najib plak yg dpt kerja.
tak tau tulis ka tak tau baca????...kalau tak tau dua2 pergi interview muka dan nama dalam ic ada rupa cina dan asalkan ada kelayakan msti preferable punya..
asically my opinion based on the inference...why letak syarat mau bahasa cina??? (1) senang communicate...(2) mau sama bangsa... sama la..melayu pun pilih melayu...tapi..isu ketuanan melayu bla bla bla diskriminasi rasis bla bla bla akan timbul...
bahasa cina > bahasa melayu ke?.. bahasa inggeris pun mau jugak...
obviously NEP punya program x sesuai, hanya melahirkan usahawan Bumiputra celup dan meningkat tahap perkauman Cina dlm mengambil pekerja...
mohon kerajaan yg ada sekarang ambil contoh Canada yg buat sistem 'employment equity' yang mana mewajibkan sykt supplier kpd kerajaan...atau menggalakkan sykt lain bwh program 'work diversity' untuk mempelbagaikan jenis orang dlm syarikat mereka...
dgn cara ini towkay2 cina have to hire more non-chinese, lebih banyak sykt mixed bumi-non bumi akan dpt kontrak kjaan...
China merata rata kat dunia nie....
Kat North America, there are big bunch of Chinese society kat sana.... kat UK pun dah ada masyarakat China...
Kat SEA merata rata....
Kat Fiji .. Maldives... Papua NG pun ada masyarakat China
In the future... China will conquer the world...
Economy pun dah mereka kuasai sikit demi sikit....
So .. kalo dapat menguasai Bahasa Mandrain ... merupakan satu kelebihan.... bukan kekurangan ....
ikan_kaghing posted on 16-6-2013 07:51 PM
Ofkos la....Cina DAP kan RAJIN (rujuk bideo dan bawah) dan mempunyai MORAL YANG TINGGI (rujuk bideo ...
dibaling2nya ja kotak tuh..pastu bleh plak buat double job kena kutip lagik sekali kotak2 yg jatuh kat bawah..
kalau at the first place dia letak elok2 kat conveyer belt tuh kan lebih effective..
Post time 16-6-2013 06:06 PM
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