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This is completely insane. Anyone filtering out qualified applicants based on their names is messing up.
by m0llusk 1y ago
This is completely insane. Anyone filtering out qualified applicants based on their names is messing up.
- macintux 1y agohttp://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/07/man-named-kim-adds-mr-to-resume-lands-job http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/2013/07/man-named-kim-a...
- sublimefire 1y agoThis was an article about a dude adding Mr. in front of his name Kim in the CV to land a job. This is insane but there is a lesson that even a small thing might affect your resume.
- HeyLaughingBoy 1y agoNot at all surprising. I used to work with someone whose first name could have been either male or female, so he always included his masculine middle name when signing email, etc.
- hackingonempty 1y agoIdeally the process is blind to avoid bias but that isn't how most people operate. In this case rejection is based upon his perceived behavior, because abbreviating a last name to a single letter to avoid identification is a lot more common than single letter last names.
- guappa 1y agoI assure you they filter based on that and on your top level domain in your email address.