This suggests an experiment that many people could attempt to replicate. I'm rather surprised that the user profile on the online job search service requires se

This suggests an experiment that many people could attempt to replicate. I'm rather surprised that the user profile on the online job search service requires self-identifying (or specifically declining to self-identify) a "race" group, as there is no requirement in federal or state law that job-seekers must so self-identify, and the anecdote reported here suggests that self-identifying one way or another may have a non-trivial influence on the job search process. More investigation of this issue, specific to various kinds of jobs, would be well worth conducting.