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Study suggests bias against 'black' names on resumes
HR Magazine, Feb, 2003 by Bill Leonard

Employers may be selecting or overlooking prospective job candidates for interviews based on their potential race as suggested by names, according to a recent study by two professors from the University of Chicago and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

To test whether employers might discriminate against job applicants with black-sounding names, associate professors of economics Marianne Bertrand with Chicago's Graduate School of Business and Sendhil Mullainathan with MIT conducted an elaborate experiment. They fabricated resumes for multiple "phantom" job seekers with common black and white names. The professors then sent out nearly 5,000 resumes for 1,300 job openings advertised in newspapers and on online job sites throughout Chicago and Boston.

"We searched online and selected resumes of actual job seekers," says Bertrand. "We then used those to create models for several different realistic resumes with the appropriate education and experience needed for typical job openings advertised in newspapers."

Most job openings for which the researchers sent resumes were administrative, sales, clerical and managerial positions. Bertrand and Mullainathan randomly assigned the applicants names common to either black men, black women, white men or white women and were careful not to send identical resumes to the same employer.

READ MORE: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_2_48/ai_97873146/

 
So what else is old?

They also assume Asian sounding names are more intelligent.

Mexican sounding names are harder workers.

If you are a man and show up at an interview without a wedding band - don't mention anything about kids, you'll look like an unstable ho... especially if you're a black man.

If you're the female - same thing.

The south doesn't hire single females for teachers (according to someone I know in TN who is divorced and getting her teaching license) - and you can tell if a woman is single during the first 5-10 minutes of an interview. She tells on herself. You have no idea how many mock interviews I've seen and black woman tells that she's a single mother like that is gonna put her in a positive light as a versatile and hard worker. IT DOESN'T. Quite the opposite - you look like a welfare ho.

Employers often mistake African and Arabic names like Kalil and Malik to be African American names, avoid using them if you can. Use your middle name or something else.

If you're name is Jerome, they are gonna think you are black.

Bertha sounds fat.

Any variation of Sheniqua and they are gonna think you are ghetto.... even with a degree. With a degree they are just gonna think you got due to affirmative action in the school.

READ QUESTIONS ABOUT CONVICTIONS, FELONIES, AND POLICE RECORDS CAREFULLY!
1) If they ask about 'convictions in the last 10 years' and you haven't had any CONVICTIONS in the last 10 years, the answer is no. Does not matter if you have felonies, went to jail last week, or whatever.... if you have no convictions and this is all the question ask, answer NO.

2. Don't offer more information than necessary. Don't put on your application that you got a felony charge in '98 for knocking your baby-momma upside the head with a gun when she threatened to run over you with the car on 8th street in Birmingham and you got 6 years for that. The only thing you need to put are the name of the conviction and the date of the conviction. Don't put how long you served in jail/prison unless you are asked that in an interview. Again, no more information that necessary, keep negative stuff to a minimum and ALWAYS play it up with something positive like the classes you took in jail, the side work you did, or something, and what positive stuff you been involved in since you got out.

3. If you have felony or criminal history, it's almost imperative that you put something positive in the 'additional comments' section.

4. If they asked you have ever been convicted of a felony, don't put anything about misdemeanors if they haven't asked.



Keep your tiddies covered. Unless your trying to get a porn job.


Shake hands firmly, always ask for a business card at the end of the interview.


On 2nd thought... what the hell do I know? I don't have a job. My advice is useless.


oh well. Don't heed any of this, go ahead and screw up. You might get lucky... more lucky than me.

Where the hell is 100 Black Women when you need it :rolleyes:
 
Study suggests bias against 'black' names on resumes
HR Magazine, Feb, 2003 by Bill Leonard

Employers may be selecting or overlooking prospective job candidates for interviews based on their potential race as suggested by names, according to a recent study by two professors from the University of Chicago and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

To test whether employers might discriminate against job applicants with black-sounding names, associate professors of economics Marianne Bertrand with Chicago's Graduate School of Business and Sendhil Mullainathan with MIT conducted an elaborate experiment. They fabricated resumes for multiple "phantom" job seekers with common black and white names. The professors then sent out nearly 5,000 resumes for 1,300 job openings advertised in newspapers and on online job sites throughout Chicago and Boston.

"We searched online and selected resumes of actual job seekers," says Bertrand. "We then used those to create models for several different realistic resumes with the appropriate education and experience needed for typical job openings advertised in newspapers."

Most job openings for which the researchers sent resumes were administrative, sales, clerical and managerial positions. Bertrand and Mullainathan randomly assigned the applicants names common to either black men, black women, white men or white women and were careful not to send identical resumes to the same employer.

READ MORE: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m3495/is_2_48/ai_97873146/




:fyi:


It isnt suggested. It's a fact. So for all of you that stick their kids with those ghetto names.......



:geek:












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:fyi:


It isnt suggested. It's a fact. So for all of you that stick their kids with those ghetto names.......



:geek:












:em0200:


I knew that was coming. It's inevitable in a thread that talks about black people and names.

I will take a 'ghetto names' any day over Sally, Sue, Becky, Ralph, Bob, Harry and D*ck.
 
I love African and African-Arabic names.

They are generally rich with meaning and very melodic to the ears.

I believe that giving a child a name that is rich in meaning is the equivalent of speaking something into existence before it can manifest.


It doesnt always happen like a math equation but the idea speaks to the power of words.

Its great information to know that people will discriminate us because of our names. Without this information, a person can be confused on why she is not getting any call-backs even given outstanding qualifications.

However, I see this is as just one more challenge on top of many that upon meeting it, has the potential to make us that much greater.
 

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