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by legostormtroopr 2982 days ago
Except sometimes blind hiring doesn't go the direction you are hoping.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-tria...
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mpweiher 2982 days ago
Yep. Also, the orchestra thing was 1952.
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tdb7893 2982 days ago
Yeah, doing blind hiring won't fix most biases. People's careers are reflective of the oppourtunites that they have had and blind hiring seems like it has the potential to just reinforce existing societal biases instead of eliminating them.
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nerdponx 2982 days ago
Article didn't stop to get into why that happened. Were there just more qualified men in the applicant pool than women?
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