I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to my resume

Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by patmcc on Friday July 12, 2013 @11:39PM (#6036583)

They nearly always perform the initial sorting of resumes. People in charge of departments or groups (who are usually the ones hiring) are often too busy to sort through 400 resumes.

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Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by vidarh on Saturday July 13, 2013 @12:14AM (#6036638)

Even at lower levels. I managed a team of 4 people at Yahoo, and whenever I was replacing someone, we'd send a spec to HR, negotiate a pay grade target to fit the department budget, and wait for the resumes, who'd first been sorted by external recruiters, then been further filtered by internal HR before they landed in my inbox.

This was true even when I managed hiring at a company of 50 people or so. At companies smaller than that, I've usually been the one to have a first look at resumes for my team.

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