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The FAA’s Hiring Scandal

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boohoo123 ◴[] 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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michaelt ◴[] No.42952859[source]
> Hide the name and gender and attach a applicant ID. It's as easy as that.

Doing so doesn't hurt. In my college, exams and coursework were graded this way.

Unfortunately with resumes it isn't so easy. If I tell you I attended Brigham Young University, my hobby is singing in a male voice choir, and I contributed IDE CD-RW drive support to the Linux kernel - you can probably take a guess at my demographics.

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1. Manuel_D ◴[] No.42957454[source]
They could replace the university name with things like the university's median SAT admissions score, and admissions rate.

Previous work experience is relevant to the job, so it'd be hard to argue removing that information, and working on older technology does imply a minimum age. Though I guess theoretically one could be a retro computing enthusiaist.