3 ms·
Just shooting from the hip here, but isn't that expected because their CVs would be worse due to the current climate putting them at a disadvantage? My gut feel
by dstick 6y ago
Just shooting from the hip here, but isn't that expected because their CVs would be worse due to the current climate putting them at a disadvantage? My gut feeling is that you need to have that system in place for many years to even the playing field first. Starting with fresh graduates getting equal chances, and then slowly letting that effect build up year after year.
- avs733 6y agoYes, but a simplistic interpretation of meritocracy serves anti diversity narratives and feelings of victim hood.
- mhuffman 6y agoJust shooting from the other hip, but isn't correcting for SES something that can easily be done in the study, and is commonly done?
- anbende 6y agoPsychologist here, and yes this is commonly done in studies where you have access to that information. However these statistical controls are imperfect at best due to things like generational effects of education. E.g., first generation educated behaves differently from a long line of educated family members in ways that are sometimes hard to define and difficult to measure.
- wazoox 6y agoWell, from the article: "This result, which the researchers themselves describe as "unexpected", could be linked to the fact that the named CV allows the recruiter to be more sympathetic to shortcomings in the application letter ("gaps" in the curriculum, little experience)." That shows two things: inequality is real, and some recruiters are actively trying to compensate for it, which has a positive effect overall. The inequality problem is unfortunately a very tough nut to crack, that would require several decades of consistent policy, which is completely unattainable in the current political situation (with governments randomly changing policies every few years in a direction or another).