Female Electrician Too Pretty For Work

Has someone actually managed to create a DeLorean that travels back in time a la Marty McFly-style? Surely that's the only explanation for a female electrician who claims she has been turned down for more than 50 jobs on account of sexism. Apparently, Sian Willcocks has been told she is too much of a 'turn-on' for other men and can't be employed lest she “distract” all the male workers on jobs. But the 25-year-old blonde insists no-one would notice her looks in her overalls with her hair up. Mum-of-one Sian has been trying to get a full time role for three months without success. She says she has been stunned by the sexism she has encountered. iring job – because she’s a woman. Sian needs to find a job before Easter otherwise she won’t complete the practical element of her training. The tomboy, from Lincoln, said: “I don’t really know what to do next. They just aren’t taking me seriously. “One person said he couldn’t employ me because I would distract the guys while they were at work. “I have had some older customers watch over me like a hawk when I’m doing work. “A couple have said women belong in the kitchen but I tend to shrug it off.” She added: “There’s always jokes about a blonde woman changing a light bulb and things and it is frustrating. “I do feel sometimes I’m being treated differently because they see me as this slim, pretty, ditzy blonde.

“I’m a problem solver and a bit of a tomboy. I’m not really a girly girl although I do look like one. “I will be fully qualified after passing my exams and I know what I’m doing.” Sian has been studying for two-and-a-half years on a remote university course while looking after her seven-year-old son Brandon. She has already paid £6,000 of her £8,000 on university fees and has carried out 80 hours of work experience. But she needs a job to fund the remaining £2,000 of fees and cover exams, travel expenses and childcare. She has been offered a lifeline by the Job Centre which has said it will pay the fees – but only as long as she secures a job offer. Since September she has written to small employers, temp agencies, bigger employers and service contractors – but hasn’t secured one interview. SOURCE:HOFFPOST