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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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[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

While I applaud your efforts and agree with the cause, blind resumes have been studied several times and always lead to hiring fewer minorities. Since most companies now have diversity targets, they are unlikely to implement anything which will negative affect that.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am sure nothing will go wrong with hiring people based on race instead of merit.

[–] JasSmith@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Unfortunately racism is baked into university admission and corporate hiring practises now. Advocates like Ibram Kendi argue that modern day racism is required to address historical racism. The large majority of us in the middle, between the two racist extremes, disagree.