Accidental voicemail recording reveals employers judging applicant on her Facebook selfies 

A young woman found out she was rejected for her dream job after a recruiter for the company accidentally left a cruel voicemail message judging her on her social media selfies.

Lily Rose-Wilson, originally from London, had been looking for a new position in Perth when she applied for an administrative role at STS Health and missed a phone call from employer Michelle Lines regarding the job.

But Ms Rose-Wilson had never thought innocent images she uploaded to Facebook would prove detrimental to her chances of furthering her career with the company – until she listened to the voicemail. 

Ms Lines had failed to hang up the phone properly and continued to have a conversation with a colleague in which they discussed Ms Rose-Wilson’s appearance.

In recordings obtained by Channel Nine’s A Current Affair, Ms Lines can be heard stating ‘not answering the phone now’, in reference to getting put through to Ms Rose-Wilson’s voicemail.

‘Probably getting another tattoo,’ Ms Lines’ male colleague says, to which Ms Lines responds: ‘She’s probably doing her fake tan.’

The unidentified male voice then asks Ms Lines if she really did ‘Facebook stalk’ Ms Rose-Wilson.

Ms Rose-Wilson (pictured) hadn’t considered the innocent images she uploaded to Facebook would prove detrimental to her chances of furthering her career

Ms Lines failed to hang up the phone properly and in a shocking twist of fate continued to have a conversation with a colleague in which they discussed Ms Rose-Wilson’s appearance

Ms Lines defiantly states ‘that’s what you got to do babe’, before her male colleague congratulates her on being so thorough.

The conversation then takes a contentious turn when the colleagues agree they wouldn’t have bothered looking at Ms Rose-Wilson’s online profile if she’d been a man.

‘Yeah, if it was recruiting a guy, a technician, nup,’ the man states.

Shockingly, Ms Lines then admits she did ‘really like’ Ms Rose-Wilson’s resume, but was put-off by her online images.

‘I don’t like her anymore. She’s taking selfies all the time,’ Ms Lines concludes.

Ms Lines (pictured) admitted she did ‘really like’ Ms Rose-Wilson’s resume, but was put-off by her online images.

Ms Rose-Wilson (pictured) said she was left utterly gobsmacked when she listened back to the contents of her voicemail

Ms Rose-Wilson, whose Facebook profile states she’s a lover of animals, says she was left gobsmacked when she listened back to the contents of her voicemail.

She said she was disappointed that Ms Lines had clearly liked her resume but thought twice about her as a potential candidate after she viewed her Facebook images.

‘She really liked my resume. I could have been a possible candidate up for that job until she saw my photos,’ Ms Rose-Wilson said. 

She added it was ‘not right’ for Ms Lines to have written her off because of her looks and tattoos.

Ms Rose-Wilson said she had plenty of attributes to offer an employer and said she was ‘friendly and organised’ and was trained as an estimator.

Ms Rose-Wilson (pictured) said she had plenty of attributes to offer an employer and said she was ‘friendly and organised’ and was trained as an estimator

She also noted that she was ‘professional’ and would never ‘discriminate’ against anyone.

Ms Lines has since issued a public apology to Ms Rose-Wilson and said she had been ‘immature’ but had never intended to ‘hurt her feelings’.

However she did argue that social media profiles are ‘very important’ and the majority of employers are in fact looking at online posts.

She said that it would be best to make them ‘more private’.

But when ACA asked Ms Lines about the selfies she had shared to her own social account – which are very similar to Ms Rose-Wilson’s – she said she was not applying for a job.

She said if she had been looking for a new role she would ‘probably’ have taken certain posts off her profile.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Ms Lines and Ms Rose-Wilson for comment.