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The FAA’s Hiring Scandal

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739 points firebaze | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 05:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.254s | 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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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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AdamN ◴[05 Feb 25 16:13 UTC] No.42950618[source]▶
So no colleges and universities on resumes?
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1. 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.