[commandlinefan]

My HR department has started blacking out identifying resume details - including dates and durations of employment, so for all I know, I could be looking at somebody with one year of experience who changes jobs every two months.

[patrakov]

This is quite dangerous, because it creates bias against people whose CV is not a traditional CV, but more like a portfolio, with works that uniquely identify the author. My own CV would be way too gray if one excludes my contributions to various open-source projects and articles that I have written - all of which would be identifying.

Another class of extreme examples would be public political figures. There is only one person who has successfully implemented a city-wide smoking ban. There is only one person who was a minister of finance, and then worked on in-game economics.

[intelVISA]

You should fuzz your CV's details before submission

[patrakov]

Easier said than done, but you are welcome to try fuzzing my CV. As I mentioned, this would likely erase half of the CV. https://u.pcloud.link/publink/show?code=wT8otalK (outdated for legal reasons - the current employer does not permit mentioning them, due to social engineering concerns, while I still work for them)

[chii]

did those actions/methods result in any better hiring outcomes than before? Or is it basically the same as security theatre?

[morelisp]

Meanwhile in Germany, our HR department still expresses unease when people don't put their photo on their CV. :(

[dudul]

What was the rationale? That it was a proxy for the candidate's age? That sounds like pushing things a bit far.

[commandlinefan]

They didn’t tell us, but that’s our best guess.

[CamelCaseName]

Perhaps they already screen out people with short job stints? Though you should be able to estimate duration based on the bullet points.