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Call centres biased against baldies - in India at least

This tale is straight from 'the methodologically dodgy surveys' file, but diverting nonetheless:

"Job aspirants beware! Your receding hairline can erode your prospects of landing plum posts in the BPO industry. A survey of patients visiting a prominent hair-care clinic show that only 27 per cent of balding men were called for interviews in the BPO sector".

'BPO' stands for business process outsourcing, I presume. However, back on Planet Reality, I imagine they mean call centre staff.

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Blogger The Hitch said... 3:36 pm

Great to know that next time I try to get some sense out of AOl in Bangalore "Rupert" will at least have a full head of hair to go along with his rudimentary computer skills and Pidjin English.  



Blogger Croydonian said... 3:52 pm

And the headset won't be getting stuck to the poor chap's head.  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 4:06 pm

Rupert's my cat's name. So that's where he disappears to during the afternoons! He's moonlighting in Bangalore. I wonder where he has his money hidden ...  



Blogger The Hitch said... 4:27 pm

I have to confess everytime I have to call AOL technical support I interrogate "Rupert" its a kind of hobby. The last "Rupert" I spoke to told me that he was on his way to Aberdeen university to study, no doubt at my expense, my only comfort is the fact that I have found a way around AOL's billing system and don't pay them a penny. AOL haven't had a penny off me in 14 months (+:  



Blogger Croydonian said... 7:04 pm

Sure I've mentioned it before, but another blogger of my acquaintance makes his living at AOL....

Mind you, my ISP is so useless they haven't billed me in almost two years.  



Blogger The Hitch said... 7:08 pm

please let me know who it is , just in case AOl ever rumble my cunning plan (+:  



Blogger Croydonian said... 8:19 pm

He doesn't seem to have ever mentioned it has his gaff, but if you e-mail me I'll tell you.  



Anonymous Anonymous said... 8:59 pm

I heard of a good trick once when in some company a block of seats at a jolly,was allocated in such a way that all the baldies were aligned to spell the word "wanker".
I hope it was true .The way I heard it ,it was picked up before broadcast at the Albert Hall as they glistened under the lights.  



Blogger Croydonian said... 9:09 pm

Now that is waggish, if a little cruel.

In the words of Woody Allen, "If there's a God, how come there is poverty? And baldness?".  



Blogger CityUnslicker said... 9:11 pm

BPO - not really call centres. More back office pay-roll administration, some research work, finance functions and the like.

I presume this piece was sponsored by someon selling tigers'genatalia as a cure for baldness?  



Blogger The Hitch said... 9:14 pm

I meant your ISP
AOL is simple to have over.  



Blogger Croydonian said... 9:53 pm

CU - yup, got it in one. The bloke selling the snake oil cure just asked his customers....

Peter - Doh. Bulldog.  



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