Re:I’m an Ex-Google Woman Tech Leader and I’m Sick of Our Ap...
by iainmerrick on Monday August 14, 2017 @01:49PM
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it wouldn't have to do anything at all except test for competency
You still have to make sure you're doing that in an unbiased way. For example, if you ask interviewers to determine if a candidate is a good "cultural fit," you might accidentally end up with 95/5 men instead of 90/10.
Some kind of diversity program to make sure you're not undershooting the diversity of your job applicants is an absolute minimum requirement, I'd say.
Should you aim to overshoot? Maybe! That's a discussion worth having.
You still have to make sure you're doing that in an unbiased way. For example, if you ask interviewers to determine if a candidate is a good "cultural fit," you might accidentally end up with 95/5 men instead of 90/10.
Some kind of diversity program to make sure you're not undershooting the diversity of your job applicants is an absolute minimum requirement, I'd say.
Should you aim to overshoot? Maybe! That's a discussion worth having.