That's interesting. I've seen exactly the same thing, but with a pool of only Black and Native American/Black applicants. The hiring managers were themselves Native American and Black.
Those with "english" sounding names received callbacks more often than those with "different" sounding or spelled names. This is also true with unconventional (hippy) first names such as "footprints" and "change", and with immigrant names, which is why the resume service I worked for suggested an American-ized nickname or first name for most applicants. But I see this as cultural, not racial. Billy-Bob is also going to have a harder time than William when up for that CIO job. I am not doubting the studies, but do somewhat doubt their conclusions. (BTW, is Tyrone a "black" name? The only Tyrone I have ever know was definitely white. I remember, because he used to beat me up every day before football practice (I was a freshman, and it was his job) Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/28/05 11:30AM >>> Mosty race, there's been a number of studies where researchers have sent in identical resumes to job postings, one resume the resume uses typical white names (ie., John Smith) while the other used black names (Tyrone, Kwaze etc). The so-called white resumes were much more likely to receive callbacks than the resumes that used typical black names. Remember these resumes were identical only the names were different. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145115 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
