Don't forget male vs. female. We used to have a person here who threw out all the female resumes because he didn't believe a woman could make a good programmer.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Dharmesh Goel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 2:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: The racial Bias in the US.. > > I agree whole heartedly. But it is not limited to the US alone. No > personal information like age, marital status etc is requested on a resume > here in Canada/US. That leaves 'Names' as the only personal information. > Quite possibly due to this, names are all that can be used to conjure up > all kinds of images and resulting biases. > > Sometimes companies are flooded with hundreds of resumes for a single > posting. Strange and creative means are used to thin out the candidate > list. One manner in which names are used to weed out candidates is to > judge their language proficiency through their names. Here in Canada I > have had a few friends and colleagues who have felt this happen to them. > They changed their name on the resume to western sounding names and > suddenly their hit ratio (responses from job postings) went up. That > increased their chances tremendously because now they had a chance to > prove themselves in an interview. The person who ultimately > interviews/hires you will hire the best person for the job because they > want the job done right. Once you reach the interview stage you have equal > opportunities. This sort of thing is not institutionalized, but more on a > personal bias of the person sifting through the resumes. It would be > interesting to do a similar study here. > > Dharmesh > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: January 15, 2003 12:00 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: The racial Bias in the US.. > > > Not that racial bias doesn't exist, but I wonder how the same test would > work for "redneck" sounding names or "biblical" sounding names. > > Fern, Vern, Bubba, Duke, Buck, Merleen, Bodie, Ovine, Luther Ray, Tammy > Lynn, Darla Beth, Inez, Billy Joe, Billy Bob, Joe Bob, Sissy, Clovis > > Caine, Abel, Ahab, Barnabas, Ezekial, Goliath, Obadiah > > There may be none, but I would suspect that in certain parts of the > country, and in certain industries, any name that falls out of "the norm" > might have a significant effect on the interview and hiring process. > > Jerry Johnson > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
