The Washington Post:
………… The study of religious discrimination in hiring recently published in the journal Social Currents found job applicants whose resumes betrayed a religious affiliation were 26 percent less likely to be contacted by an employer — except for Jewish applicants.
Researchers Michael Wallace, Bradley R.E. Wright and Allan Hyde of the University of Connecticut sent 3,200 fake applications to 800 jobs within 150 miles of two major Southern cities through a popular employment Web site. Each employer got four resumes with comparable job qualifications. The only thing that set the fake job candidates apart was whether their resumes mentioned involvement with a religious group — such as membership in the Muslim Student Association or Hillel House, a Jewish organization.
