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Re:Should tech companies use quotas to increase diversity? by ceejayoz on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @09:18PM (#17606256)
> What if there is no resume, as in the case I cited?

I suspect you find out the person's name at some point.

> I did not find original poster's stated goals to be disagreeable: hire based on character and ability.

I don't find the goals disagreeable.

I find our ability to do so - even when we've the best of intentions - very questionable.

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Re:Should tech companies use quotas to increase diversity? by chillacy on Tuesday July 24, 2018 @11:33PM (#17606738)
So you've given up completely? It seems to me that we've only scratched the surface of what we could be doing process-wise. The US isn't even that bad, in lots of other countries, a photo gets attached to your resume. I go back to the blind audition idea because this actually worked: https://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2013/oct/14/...

So what similar ideas can we do in tech? I don't need to know someone's name to read a resume, in fact a unique identifier would be more useful than a name.

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