Editor’s note: This article was first published in December 2012, during the Spanish economic crisis. It reports a hiring process for 90 positions at a school due to start construction in 2013; whether the fee was kept, withdrawn or challenged is not covered.
That’s how things stand despite the crisis. We’re staying in my home region, Granada, where a private education company (María Nebrera) has opened a hiring process for 90 positions at a school whose construction is due to start next year, in 2013. They need primary and secondary school teachers, administrative staff, maintenance staff, and so on.
There’s a catch, though: anyone who wants to submit a CV must pay 190 euros to have it looked at and get the chance to take part in the selection process. Whether you’re hired or not, those 190 euros are gone.
Many people wonder whether this can be fully legal, and in the face of that doubt they call it abusive and shameless given the times we live in, and degrading to people who are already unemployed and struggling financially, who are being asked to pay money they probably don’t have with no guarantee whatsoever of getting the job.
In my view, legal or not, it’s immoral in the current situation. Abusive, degrading? I’d put it more colloquially: it takes some nerve.
What about you? Would you pay for the honour and the opportunity of handing in your CV?
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