It was once thought of as the best way to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce. Jobs and programs aimed just at one specific group to ensure only applicants from those backgrounds would apply and therefore helping companies meet their diversity quotas. The practise has now been made unlawful but there are other means and…
Tag: Workplace bias
Prejudice in recruitment is prevalent and hard to overcome. Human beings aren’t good at being perfectly unbiased. We all have bias, conscious or unconscious, and it’s this deep-rooted nature of human prejudice that remains a recurring hurdle in diversity recruitment. In order to tackle discrimination, we must address our own bias and challenge these ‘natural’…
Women coder’s took us to the moon, helped fight wars, contributed in creating the first computers, and changed the world. Yet this seems to all be forgotten in today’s tech industry dominated by men. When Google was hit by controversy over a leaked memo by one of its employees, James Damore, we were reminded of…
AI, Gamification and even blind applications are just some of the ways companies have tried to banish bias from the recruitment process. Ultimately the hiring process is finally decided by a human so is it possible not to have any bias in the recruitment process? Our panel of diversity and inclusion experts are back to…
A new study has found that more than a quarter (27 percent) of those who experience discrimination at work report the bias to be common, impactful and beyond their ability to manage. The result of this triple threat of factors leads to frustration, stress, depression and helplessness on the job. To measure the impact of…