continued..."...through to the next stage but no such thing was said to me. According to the HR manager, that 'next stage" would then determine if I would be given a second interview, after which it would be decided if I was hired. This is a low level (call center ) job and several recently hired employees I've talked to said they were NOT subjected to a second interview or any such thing. Once the recruiter who interviewed them said they were hired, they were hired. What is more, in the intervening 12 days before I showed up at the place of employment, nothing was communicated to me, even though they had/have my phone number, my e-mail address, and my residential address. Since I knew I had been hired, I called off my job search, rearranged my plans accordingly to suit the training start date, and even acquired some work-appropriate clothes. No, I was not given a written and signed contract; the recruiter just told me verbally that I had been hired and would be receiving a call. But the call never came. So I called, twice, and left voice messages, but got no call back. I then decided to go there in person, which is when I was given the bombshell. I wrote a full account of my experience in my letter to the site boss. So far,at least, no-one has denied any of things I stated. My theory is that the second recruiter had prevailed on the my interviewer not to hire me ,after the fact. Reason? When I first arrived at the reception desk, that second recruiter had insisted that I was not qualified for the job, because I am not "proficient" in typing. I told her that I had basic typing skills, and that the on-line ad for this job mentioned no such requirement i.e. for proficiency in typing . I was later to find out that this second recruiter deemed me " confrontational " and "too aggressive" because of this response , which was delivered in just a normal tone of voice, i.e. not disrespectfully. As it happened, my turn to be interviewed fell on a different recruiter, who ,as I said, was very satisfied with me. After my interviewer told me I was hired, I even mentioned to her the exchange at the reception desk and my fear that I would be disqualified

Thanks for your compassion and empathy; that means a lot to me. I'm afraid I cannot charge discrimination though. I have no basis for that. And ,as you certainly know, discrimination is extremely hard to prove. Were you able to read my full statement? It seems this is just a matter of a very thin-skinned recruiter feeling offended because I dared to point out that what she was telling me did not match what I had read on the company's website. My question is: Are companies allowed to play with one's life like this? Is there anything which binds them legally other than a written ,signed contract of employment? Is it correct to say that any employer has a right to change their mind and not hire someone after promising that applicant employment? The only evidence that exists in this case , if it still exists, is entirely in their control namely the computer tests I took (of 300 or so English ,Maths and other questions) and the interviewer's notes. Please see what you can come up with. Thank you very much.