Nearly 20% of workers have changed their name on a resume because of discrimination concerns, says new report
Nearly 20% of workers have changed their name on a resume because of discrimination concerns, says new report
A recent survey on hiring practices led by hiring software company Greenhouse found "pretty sobering stats" about discrimination in hiring processes.
A recent survey on hiring practices led by hiring software company Greenhouse found "pretty sobering stats" about discrimination in hiring processes.
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Yeah as a female engineer I’ve been told that it’s a double edged sword. You get a lot more opportunities but they’re opportunities working for a misogynist
As a guy with a unisex name I’ve been hired for freelance jobs only for the production manager or whoever to disappointedly say something like, “I thought you’d be a girl” 🙄
Although, this is why I now tell people my pronouns are “they” when they ask and I haven’t met them yet.
Like fuck off, I’m going to leave it a mystery you creep.
I wasn't aware Mongo is a unisex name....
Now you do!
Well that is super depressing.
Yeah there’s a reason a lot of us become managers or something. Ok there’s several
Wow I never thought of that. So sad.
It's not misogyny to recognize that certain groups of people are systematically disadvantaged and to want to counteract that.
It's also not misogyny to pay attention to the growing body of research that shows that having people if different backgrounds on the same team results in better solutions.
It IS misogyny if people are hiring idiots just because they have a vulva. But no one is really doing that because that violates the profit motive and goes against capitalism.
I think you missed the point. Women often change their names professionally to get attention that they wouldn’t have gotten had they presented a more feminine name. I’ve known multiple Christinas who went by Chris for this reason.
OP is saying that doing this is a double edged sword, because if it works as intended, you’re working for a person who would have otherwise discriminated against you.
That's just it, I'd almost want some discrimination, because it'll weed out the idiots that I was otherwise about to subject myself to.
Problem is, discrimination is so widespread, that this severely limits the opportunities of many (and is very often an opportunity cost for you). We all have latent discrimination within us, no matter how hard we try to counteract it. Most don't try to counteract it either, for example there are things that I am subconsciously discriminatory against that I'm not even really self aware about.
That's why I like the idea of having to scrub resume data before being presented. I can't tell you how many times I've been uncertain about someone, quite frankly because of some sort of latent discriminatory thing, and been surprised. Like at this point if I have a red flag about someone, I almost want to act contra and immediately hire them vs someone where I'm like this person is perfect and I inevitably get let down. Hiring people sucks, it's literally the worst thing to have to subject yourself to, for both the candidate and the employer. Why not just knock down some barriers and try to make that easier on us all, right?
Oh! Yeah, I didn't get that. Thanks