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Evidence Of Discrimination In Employee Application Process

From The Race Equality Centre:

A damning Government report on the employment prospects of ethnic minorities has ensured that the notion of blank-name application forms is firmly back on the agenda.

The study from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Race and Community in December 2012 discovered that women of black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi heritage who ‘anglicised’ their names saw a 50% drop in the number of applications required before getting an interview.

In the light of the findings, the Group has encouraged businesses to use blank-name, anonymised application forms that hide a candidate’s name, background and schooling from recruiters. It is hoped that this will eliminate unconscious biases.

This is not the first time the idea has been proposed however, and it has proved very contentious in the past.

See more at: http://www.workplacelaw.net/content/45580