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Friday, March 18, 2016

Resume Whitening

Somewhere in H R racial discrimination lives on. Steve

''Jobseekers "whiten" their resumés by adopting Anglicized names and downplaying experience with racial groups to bypass biased screeners and just get their foot in the door.
It's when "Lamar J. Smith" becomes "L. James Smith" or "Lei Zhang" morphs to "Luke Zhang" — and the callback rates soar.?'' 
http://m.thestar.com/#/article/news/immigration/2016/03/17/jobseekers-resort-to-resum-whitening-to-get-a-foot-in-the-door-study-shows.html