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One thing that can be done to improve the situation is to require candidates to NOT include gender, age, family status etc. in their resume. Some companies lik
by DominikR 13y ago
One thing that can be done to improve the situation is to require candidates to NOT include gender, age, family status etc. in their resume.
Some companies like Google do this (link: http://www.google.com/jobs/students/joining/ http://www.google.com/jobs/students/joining/)
- pinaceae 13y agoand their first name too? Lisa... and then there are languages, like Nordics and Slavic, where the last name reveals your gender - Sigmundsdottir (daughter of Sigmund), Politkowskaja (f) vs. Politkowski (m), etc.
- DominikR 13y agoDon't be negative, all I am saying is that there are things that can be done to improve the situation, and there are many companies out there that are actively trying. I wouldn't know that Sigmundsdottir would be revealing the gender, and many other wouldn't either. (I'm not saying that it can't be improved even further) Edit: I have a slavic last name that doesn't reveal my gender (on the balkans, last names are the same for both male/female)