The latest trend for job seekers is to add their vaccination status to their resume and/or job application. According to an August Wall Street Journal survey of more than a thousand hiring managers, 70% said they prefer to hire vaccinated individuals. UNO Business Professor Mark Rosa said your vaccination status is almost like a credential now.
“It’s one more thing that they can use on their resume to say I stepped up I got my shot, very controversial, but I’m concerned about safety,” said Rosa.
Rosa said he feels as if employers are going to rally around the vaccination movement and we will see more workplaces requiring workers to be fully inoculated.
“And they’re worried about litigation, and they’re worried about liability, and it’s just the easiest thing to do, it’s almost like a bragging point, I have a completely vaccinated workforce,” said Rosa.
The survey also noted that a third of hiring managers say they are automatically eliminating resumes that do not address vaccination status. Rosa said legally an employer can’t ask if you are vaccinated, but you can volunteer the information.
“I can’t go into somebody’s medical history; I can’t ask on an application if you’ve been vaccinated or not so then they are left wondering. And so, you put that on there and the employer feels that’s one less thing I have to be concerned about,” said Rosa.
The vaccination status trend is also being observed on social media as jobseekers are adding their vaccination status to the top of their professional profiles on LinkedIn.
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