News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to my resume. Parent comment

Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by DominikR on Saturday July 13, 2013 @04:06AM (#6037014)
One thing that can be done to improve the situation is to require candidates to NOT include gender, age, family status etc. in their resume.

Some companies like Google do this (link: http://www.google.com/jobs/students/joining/)

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by pinaceae on Saturday July 13, 2013 @04:12AM (#6037017)
and their first name too? Lisa...

and then there are languages, like Nordics and Slavic, where the last name reveals your gender - Sigmundsdottir (daughter of Sigmund), Politkowskaja (f) vs. Politkowski (m), etc.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:I understood gender discrimination once I added “Mr.” to ... by DominikR on Saturday July 13, 2013 @04:34AM (#6037045)
Don't be negative, all I am saying is that there are things that can be done to improve the situation, and there are many companies out there that are actively trying.

I wouldn't know that Sigmundsdottir would be revealing the gender, and many other wouldn't either. (I'm not saying that it can't be improved even further)

Edit: I have a slavic last name that doesn't reveal my gender (on the balkans, last names are the same for both male/female)

[ Parent | on HN ]