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>Now you reread the resume only focusing on the actual skills and you find that some of the people you rejected have stronger technical skills but you unconscio
by BearGoesChirp 9y ago
>Now you reread the resume only focusing on the actual skills and you find that some of the people you rejected have stronger technical skills but you unconsciously downplayed it because of the female name.
Wasn't there a recent study that removing names led to the percentage of men being interviewed increasing?
- ___another 9y agoa recent example: a github conference on diversity, see here: https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/6f1a2d/culture_war_roundup_for_week_following_june_3/dig0m7f/ https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/6f1a2d/cult...
- opportune 9y agoThe example itself is interesting (and truly very revealing) but I kind of wish you hadn't included that reddit thread with it. It was weird seeing some pretty cringey replies get so heavily upvoted. Perhaps it's just the increased anonymity of reddit that's the cause, or the particular demo browsing that subreddit.
- projectramo 9y agoThere have been several studies where placing an identical resume with a male or female name will give you different calls for an interview. If we don't make the resumes identical, I wonder if it is something about the way they present the resumes. (Other clues and so forth).
- projectramo 9y agoThere have been several studies where placing an identical resume with a male or female name will give you different calls for an interview. If we don't make the resumes identical, I wonder if it is something about the way they present the resumes. (Other clues and so forth).
- hyperdunc 9y agoA recent study of hiring practises by the government in Victoria, Australia, found that there was actually a bias towards hiring females when gender cues were removed. One of the conclusions was that they should stop removing gender cues because removing them decreased diversity.