Emily or Lakisha? Guess which one hiring managers chose.

Sun, 04/14/2024 - 05:22

People walk by a now hiring sign posted in front of a CVS store — Researchers examined how race affects the likelihood a job applicant will get a callback for an entry-level job.
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Researchers studied racial bias in hiring by sending over 83,000 fake résumés to big US companies.
Résumés with Black-sounding names were often less likely to get callbacks.
Now, the researchers are naming names among the more than 100 Fortune 500 companies involved.

A few years ago, researchers determined that having a name like Emily or Greg on your résumé made it easier to get a callback for a job than having a name like Lakisha or Jamal.