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Re:Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting by coldcode on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:52PM (#18545390)
As soon as I walk in the door I will be eliminated. But how can you interview someone without actually seeing/talking with them? Slack? Would anyone hire based only on a Slack interview?
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Re:Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting by Haitischmock on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @01:58PM (#18545451)
Even if you get hired, you still have to show up for work and can be fired later due to the same bias.

If both the application and the work is completely remote and anonymous it might be possible to avoid most bias, but that's only feasible in IT and a couple other sectors and even there it's not common.

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Re:Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting by donald123 on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @04:24PM (#18546940)
No, firing people is more expensive than rejecting them. And a lot of bias happening in the recruiting process are unconscious. So anonymous recruiting would prevent a lot those unconscious bias in the hiring process.
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Re:Helsinki to Begin Anonymous Recruiting by fhbdukfrh on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @02:34PM (#18545878)
In most jurisdictions it's hard to hard someone. In all jurisdictions it's expensive.
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