Digitas in the UK invented the Anon CV tool, intended to address discrimination in the hiring practice. Investigations—and common knowledge—shows job candidates face biased responses from prospective employers who will reject them based on race, ethnicity, gender, age and other demographic details gleaned via identifying CV content.
The device strips away the revealing data, attempting to make hiring managers focus on applicants’ skills, experience and qualifications for roles.
Sorry, but there’s something inherently prejudiced about the Digitas doodad.
After all, in these times where everyone is encouraged to bring their authentic selves to work, why should anyone have to conceal their true persona? And if an employer is inclined to engage in unfair hiring practices at the CV review stage, will they act differently upon ultimately meeting a candidate?
The dimwits at Digitas ought to create a tool to identify the racist assholes who deny diversity with discriminatory hiring practices. Or simply identify the majority of UK perpetrators by clicking on this link.
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So Digitas' recommendation for getting a job is for underrepresented candidates to hide everything about themselves, and their lived and earned experiences, from their names to the languages they speak, in order to make gatekeepers more comfortable with generic blandness.
Nice. Instead of addressing the gatekeepers' biases, Digitas is conveying that there's something intrinsically wrong, shameful and broken about the candidates of color themselves, and that they should hide their essential essence from the light of day.
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