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Putting your age isn't necessary when your experience goes back decades and you graduated from university before your hiring manager was even born. Similarly, y
by erichurkman 10y ago
Putting your age isn't necessary when your experience goes back decades and you graduated from university before your hiring manager was even born. Similarly, your name can convey a lot of biases as well, such as gender and ethnicity.
- dmoy 10y agoYou can truncate your cv and not list graduation year, though name is tough.
- Symbiote 10y agoThe last time I shortlisted people for interview, HR had removed names and any other identifying information. "So, candidate 24892 looks strong." I don't know if I have unconscious biases, but this method was unlikely to make things less fair.
- newscracker 10y agoThat sounds like a very good move to let people have an equal opportunity to "get a foot in the door", so to speak, but I'm genuinely curious how biases may be reduced during the interview process (be it telephonic or direct) and interview questions that may be directed at one's experience? Is this even possible without having dedicated "how to interview people" learning sessions and monitoring?
- dmoy 10y agoYea definitely the company can do that on their end. Harder for you to do as an applicant though.
- 35bge57dtjku 10y agoIs it really, though? It's possible they'd never need your real name until you filled out tax forms after being hired.