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The FAA’s Hiring Scandal

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739 points firebaze | 4 comments | 05 Feb 25 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.664s | source
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boohoo123 ◴[05 Feb 25 15:43 UTC] No.42950119[source]▶
There's a simple fix to removing discrimination in hiring practices that no one seems to notice. Remove all demographic questions from the application. Hide the name and gender and attach a applicant ID. It's as easy as that. Every job should be looking for the most qualified individual regardless of race, nationality, religion, and sex. Demographics in the application are a recipe for disaster on both sides of the isle.
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IncreasePosts ◴[05 Feb 25 16:06 UTC] No.42950506[source]▶
This assumes that the hiring managers or whoever are honest people who are not racist or bigoted in any manner and only display incidental racism or subconscious bias. If I see a HBCU as an applicant's alma matter, it's almost certain that they are black.
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1. Manuel_D ◴[05 Feb 25 16:09 UTC] No.42950554[source]▶
Correct, and that's why hiding the fact that the candidate attended an HBCU would avert that kind of bias.
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2. AdamN ◴[05 Feb 25 16:13 UTC] No.42950618[source]▶
So no colleges and universities on resumes?
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3. Manuel_D ◴[05 Feb 25 16:25 UTC] No.42950825[source]▶
You could share data on the college, like the median SAT score of admits or the admissions rate.

And I'm not entirely sure that omitting colleges entirely would be such a bad idea. Colleges apply selective admission criteria all the time, for athletes and legacy admits. Skills based screening would probably work better.

4. roughly ◴[05 Feb 25 16:26 UTC] No.42950838[source]▶
Well, then you have to account for certain jobs and hobbies being coded, as well as word choices in the personal statement. Once you blank all that out, though, we should be good to go.