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> Blind hiring increases diversity in hiring This one says it doesn't: https://www.pmc.gov.au/news-centre/domestic-policy/beta-report-going-blind-see-more-clea

> Blind hiring increases diversity in hiring This one says it doesn't: https://www.pmc.gov.au/news-centre/domestic-policy/beta-report-going-blind-see-more-clearly https://www.pmc.gov.au/news-centre/domestic-policy/beta-repo... > What we found is that de-identifying applications at the shortlisting stage does not appear to assist in promoting diversity within the Australian Public Service (APS) in hiring. Overall, APS officers discriminated in favour of female and minority candidates. The practical impact is that, if implemented, de-identification may frustrate diversity efforts.

dane-pgp 6y ago
As a single data point, this is interesting: "GitHub's ElectronConf postponed because all the talks (selected through an unbiased, blind review process) were to be given by men."[0] What's interesting, I suppose, is not that the selected speakers were all men (which could have happened by random chance), but the reaction by the conference organisers to that fact. [0] https://old.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/6f8u2s/githubs_electronconf_postponed_because_all_the/ https://old.reddit.com/r/javascript/comments/6f8u2s/githubs_...