I've been getting a steady trickle of, "Hey, you look pretty awesome" e-mails of late in my inbox about my next job. Thing is, I can't go into my next job as a guy. I currently have the last job that will know me as a male because I can't do my next team service if I have to tamp down who I am.
I've only come out in the last month but already I know I can't go back into the closet. How am I supposed to tell these recruiters that, "Oh by the way despite my LinkedIn profile I'm a woman and prefer to be called my name"? If a company is inclined to discriminate against me I don't I want to work for them, but I want my next job on my merits too. I don't want to meet a quota or make a prospective employer not trust me because I came out (like I'm looking for special treatment or some such thing). Really all I want to know is, "If I come work for you can I expect to have female pronouns used on me and will you call me by my name?"
So, how do I reply to some of these e-mails tomorrow?
