The concept of blind resumes \u2013 where some personal details are removed from applications \u2013 have gathered momentum among employers who believe their introduction will help to eliminate potential bias from the resume screening process.<\/p>\n
International law firm Macfarlanes has recently announced that it will be adopting a \u2018resume-blind\u2019 policy for places on its vacation schemes, where partners will conduct blind interviews with candidates without having identifying details such as a candidate\u2019s name and educational background. Invitations to open days, however, will still be based on candidates\u2019 resumes.<\/p>\n
Commenting on the reasoning behind the new policy the firm\u2019s head of recruitment Sean Lavin, said:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe lack of diversity in the profession is well known. We keep our recruitment procedures under constant review and blind interviewing seemed to us to be reasonably simple to introduce. If this small step helps to eliminate any bias in favor for or against candidates from particular backgrounds then we regard that as a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n
A recent survey of its readers carried out by the Voice Online<\/i> revealed that many shared this view, with more than 80% of those questioned arguing that blind applications could help to tackle the issue of discrimination in the workplace.<\/p>\n
83% of those taking part in the poll also agreed with the idea that nameless resumes and job applications could be valuable for ethnic minority groups.<\/p>\n
Blind resumes: is it all positive?<\/b><\/p>\n
Despite some employers and members of the public seeing clear merits to the adoption of blind resumes, a recent article in The Telegraph<\/i> saw recruitment experts divided on the issue.<\/p>\n
Corinne Mills, author of Your Hired: How to Write the Perfect resume<\/i>, pointed out some fundamental flaws in the Blind resume process.<\/p>\n
\u201cresumes show so much more than just the data \u2013 personality shines through from the subtext and how people write about their achievements,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, in the world of LinkedIn it\u2019s almost pointless. Putting anyone new in an organization is a risk and who would take the chance as it\u2019s so easy to check people out online?\u201d<\/p>\n
On the other hand, Jeremy I’Anson, a professional careers coach and Telegraph Jobs columnist, saw both positives and potential drawbacks to the blind resume process. He said: “A lot of people have concerns about age discrimination and I think initially it’s positive.<\/p>\n
“However, as soon as you get the name you can look them up online on LinkedIn so it obviously has problems.”<\/p>\n
Would you consider adopting blind resumes as part of your graduate recruitment process? If you need support securing the right graduate talent for your workforce, Discovery Graduates can help with all stages of the graduate recruitment process including attraction, recruitment and retention.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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