Uncovering Bias: A New Way to Study Hiring Can Help

https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/uncovering-hiring-bias/

For top employers who want to diversify their workforces and identify nontraditional candidates, the results of the study offer a stark reminder: It’s easy to say you want to think outside the box in hiring, but companies are still struggling to do it in practice, with both conscious and unconscious biases getting in the way.

“They are excluding the exact type of candidates they say they want to be interested in,” Low said.

“It’s important to know what opportunities are being made available to top-tier college grads and whether those opportunities are equal.”