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We had something similar in France. There was enough people saying and believing that (ethnic) minorities are discriminated for employment to trigger a governme
by titanix2 8y ago
We had something similar in France. There was enough people saying and believing that (ethnic) minorities are discriminated for employment to trigger a governmental supported study on the use of anonymous CV. The conclusion was that minorities were even less likely to get an interview with anonymized CV and were actually positivity discriminated against. Authors of study supposed that it is because some issues in the CV are judged less harshly if coming from a minority.
- haihaibye 8y agoSame experiment, same result in Australia: https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-trial-to-improve-gender-equality-failing-study/8664888 https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-... In a bid to eliminate sexism, thousands of public servants have been told to pick recruits who have had all mention of their gender and ethnic background stripped from their CVs The trial found assigning a male name to a candidate made them 3.2 per cent less likely to get a job interview. Adding a woman's name to a CV made the candidate 2.9 per cent more likely to get a foot in the door. ... Leaders of the Australian public service will today be told to "hit pause" on blind recruitment trials.