Hiring Bias: Is Your Name Hurting You?
January 19, 2023
What is seen first on a resume influences how the rest of the information on the page is interpreted with both conscious and unconscious biases at play in the reader.
It is well-documented that resumes are treated differently by employers based on the race/ethnicity and gender inferred by applicant names. Research highlighted in this recent WSJ article adds an additional variable to the body of evidence on name-based employment discrimination: hard-to-pronounce names.
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