A woman’s application as an art teacher was rejected. What was the reason given by the recruiter?

When I was applying for a children’s art teacher position at a training institution, I was unexpectedly rejected. The person in charge of recruitment of the institution gave a very “outrageous” reason for this.

The woman who applied for the job as an art teacher is named Zhang. From the photo, she has long hair and a tall figure. She has a good overall image and temperament. She is a beautiful woman.

Ms. Zhang also accidentally saw the recruitment information of the institution’s open recruitment of art teachers on the Internet. After carefully checking the specific recruitment requirements, I thought it was pretty good, so I signed up for the preliminary interview. Unfortunately, she was not successful in the interview. She thought it might be because her qualifications did not meet the requirements of the institution for recruiting art teachers. What is unexpected is that the reason given by the person in charge of the agency's recruitment for rejecting Ms. Zhang was that Ms. Zhang was too tall.

Such an "outrageous" reason really makes people feel speechless. Some netizens immediately said: Is this blatant discrimination against tall people? Are you serious?

In this regard, the head of the agency responsible for recruitment explained: Children’s art teachers work with children, so they often have to bend down at work. Considering that Ms. Zhang is 1.85 meters tall, Bending for a long time may be too much for your body.

Although Ms. Zhang expressed regret about the result of the interview, she felt helpless and indifferent to being rejected because of her height. Because this is not the first time she has been rejected for such reasons. She said she likes this industry very much, so she will continue to stick to it no matter what.

Ms. Zhang’s situation is regrettable, in fact, regarding the recruitment of teachers. Generally there are relatively strict requirements. Especially public schools with established staff will have stricter requirements when recruiting teachers.

So I want to work in the education industry and become a teacher. What conditions must be met?

Possess the corresponding teacher qualification certificate

The teacher qualification certificate is a nationally recognized qualification certificate that has the ability to practice education. According to regulations, all practitioners engaged in the education industry must hold a teacher qualification certificate.

Especially for established teaching positions in public schools, holding a teaching qualification certificate is the first requirement. There are many types of teacher qualification certificates, including preschool teacher qualification certificate, primary school teacher qualification certificate, junior high school teacher qualification certificate, high school teacher qualification certificate, etc. Different types of teacher qualification certificates also have different subject types, such as Chinese, mathematics, music, physical education, art, etc.

Many places now require teachers to be professionally qualified when recruiting teachers. Only those with corresponding teaching qualification certificates can apply for the corresponding teaching positions.

Academic requirements

Only a teacher qualification certificate can only prove that a person has the ability to engage in the education profession. Usually, when recruiting teachers, there are specific requirements for applicants’ academic qualifications.

Nowadays, in many areas, the minimum academic requirement for kindergarten and primary school teachers is a college degree. In some economically developed areas, the requirements are higher. Correspondingly to junior high school and high school. The academic requirements will be higher. At least a bachelor's degree or above, or even a master's degree.

Other requirements

Different regions have different requirements for teacher recruitment. For example, applicants will be inspected on their height, health, etc. There are also some areas that impose restrictions on the household registration of applicants.