do you hide your race/gender

These days, job hunters are looking for any advantage they can find.
And research has shown that resumes with identical credentials lead
to calls for interviews at a much higher rate when they appear to come
from a white man, as opposed to having a name that “sounds” black,
Hispanic, Asian, or female.

This post was edited by JQo on May 17 2016 02:13am

no can't say i have ever tried to hide my race or gender while applying for a job

i was filling out a cotsco application and decided to put white instead of black, and i decided to google and found some interesting stuff.

With me showing my race gets me the job easier

(long story ... from South African Apartheid era ... to present laws)

I know a guy whose name is Arian -- which (along with Arjan) is a unisex name but sounds slightly more like it'd be female than male.

When he was searching for a job, he realized halfway that it wouldn't be a bad idea to start including his picture. That way the recruiters would immediately notice that he's male when seeing his resume, instead of assuming he's female from his name. According to him, this worked. He started receiving way more calls and ended up landing a nice job.



In general though, I think this is a lost cause. My name leaves no room for doubt about my ethnicity or gender. In fact, I already don't include my picture and gender info on my resume, but that's simply because I think they add nothing of importance to the resume.

Nope you shouldn't peple discrimate period...

make sure you hide your race

You're applying so he automatically assumes you arnt black

chick with dick...