Agreed, but thinking over the CVs we've rejected and the people we've interviewed it's been pretty balanced in the number of male vs female. Obviously its not a

Agreed, but thinking over the CVs we've rejected and the people we've interviewed it's been pretty balanced in the number of male vs female. Obviously its not a perfect 50:50, and nor should it be as that would indicate some sort of bias. Maybe the solution to this problem is to have recruiters and HR departments redact the name of someone and replace with a number. In the UK it's not a requirement to ask for someones age on their CV so maybe internal processes could be implemented to further reduce the likelihood of subconscious, or conscious, bias.