Racial Discrimination in Hiring - Beat the Bias in Your Job Search
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White applicants receive 36% more callbacks than equally qualified African Americans and 24% more callbacks than Latinos on average, according to a 2017 PNAS study*.
While employers are responsible for following applicable anti-discrimination laws and critiquing their hiring processes to remove bias, there are steps you can take as a job applicant as well.
In this virtual workshop, we uncover the types of bias you may encounter and discuss tips to help reduce potential racial bias during your job search.
Our panel of experts also share their own experiences and advice for navigating the hiring process. Speakers include:
- Kenneth Johnson, East Coast Executives
- Stacey Lewis, HR Interrupted
- Gabrielle Gambrell, New York University
Key Takeaways:
- Understand bias and how it may impact the hiring process
- Find ways to identify diverse and inclusive workplaces
- Learn how to respond when you encounter bias during your job search
Here are the links posted "in the chat" for further learning:
- How to Talk About Race, Gender and Social Issues at Work go.indeed.com/423HPH
- Additional Information You Can Include on Your Resume go.indeed.com/94XDD4
- Companies That Value Diversity and Inclusion Hiring Now go.indeed.com/DGPDCA
- Job Search Guide: Finding Companies That Value Diversity & Inclusion go.indeed.com/HRXK7C
- Learning About Diversity and Inclusion: 10 Free Virtual Courses go.indeed.com/XTMMN6
- How to Handle Microaggressions in the Workplace go.indeed.com/MWHD3G
- Empathy at Work go.indeed.com/8WKNT2
Indeed is the world's #1 job site**, with over 250 million unique visitors*** every month from over 60 different countries. We provide free access to search and apply for jobs, post your resume, research companies, and compare salaries. Every day, we connect millions of people to new opportunities. On our CZcams channel, you’ll find tips and personal stories to help you take the next step in your job search.
0:00 Introduction
2:11 How has race impacted your job search?
4:31 What is bias and why does it impact hiring?
4:51 Unconscious bias
5:41 Systemic bias
6:20 Affinity bias
7:00 Conformity bias
7:56 Confirmation bias
10:35 What can I do about it as a job applicant?
11:03 Make your resume shine
14:18 Develop your network
15:26 Look for inclusive employers
16:46 Be on the lookout
18:46 Communicate the value of diversity
24:02 Ask questions in the interview
25:24 Prepare responses for inappropriate questions
30:28 Recap
33:20 Q&A
33:35 Q&A: Does having a photo of yourself on your Linkedin profile invite possible discrimination/racism when job hunting?
36:50 Q&A: Should people with obviously African American names use their middle name, a more "palatable" nickname, or their initials on their resume and job application to get over the potential hurdle of being disqualified because of their name and assumed race and stereotypes?
38:54 Q&A: Why do applications ask for an address? Do companies use your address as a way to "filter out" applicants depending on the area you reside?
43:56 Q&A: To what extent should applicants be code switching during the hiring process?
49:57 Q&A: Would it be wise to "decline to answer" on demographic questionnaires that often accompany online application processes?
51:54 More information
The information in this video is provided as a courtesy. Indeed is not a legal advisor and does not guarantee job interviews or offers.
*www.pnas.org/content/114/41/1...
**Comscore, Total Visits, March 2020
***Google Analytics, Unique Visitors, February 2020
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As a Black educated, experienced, I cannot tell you how many times I have been denied employment because I was Black. These employers didn't tell me they were denying me because I'm Black, but I could tell based on their facial expressions this was the case.
Don't give up brother. They're saving you the trouble anyway. I realized that a while back I'd rather work somewhere where I don't feel like I'm their token black person they hired just cause they needed one.
Same here. The Hiring Manager had this stupid look on his face when I showed up...and of course I wasnt hired...
@@jasminedtucker Mine was a racist Asian American. He's face changed when he saw me in the office. 3 weeks later, he fired me for no reason. Asians, Indians etc.. also discriminate against blacks. When you become a hiring manager, please hire blacks and dont push the same cycle.
im still going through this right now!
Biased is the new hip word for racism
If you wanna know if you will get a job or not as another race just go to the place you're interviewing and see who's working in there. If it looks like plastic barbies and ken dolls, I know I'm not getting that job. Especially since I wear afrocentric hair like dredlocks. Jobs like to hire people that look the same and act the same as their management and HR. So if you look or act like that person, chances are you will get the job.
We really need to own and start our own. We don't own anything. Not a gas station, a liquor store, a hospital, beauty supply stores , or a bank. We need to own our own. We shouldn't have to change who we are to be accepted in society. But I understand that this is the real world.
agreed!!
I absolutely agree.
Definitely agree, we need our own businesses. It’s been long overdue.
I came here because I have gotten so many interviews but no offers. I know white people hire who makes them comfortable. These recruiters want to be wowed, razzled and dazzled but I find out through connections my white peers get jobs with no experience because " they look the part." I've had a ridiculous amount of rejection and it doesn't make sense. I read an article today about how white people hire white people because they feel comfortable. That's why there's always white unqualified management in charge. I KNOW why I'm not getting hired. They have no reason and no explanation and I know I'm excelling in these interviews. Leadership on corporate is always white but diversity chief officer always black.
Don’t give up. We definitely not getting hired because of race. I applied for a job within my company my interview was excellent and didn’t get the job.
Here are the real reasons you didn't get hired:
Reason #1. Your great resume listing your fantastic qualifications and experience got buried under 1,000 resumes from unqualified,
inexperienced candidates.
Reason #2. The guy who got hired plays golf with the hiring manager every weekend.
Reason #3. Your resume is so impressive that the hiring manager is scared you will take his job if he hires you.
Reason #4. Implicit bias. Managers tend to hire people who are just like them (race, religion, age, etc.) because that is who they feel most comfortable around and can easily connect with.
Wow! I remember when I went on an interview for iHeartRadio. Simply as a production assistant (to edit and arrange radio commercials that play on air. ) Granted, I had two semesters of radio experience through my internship plus other internships at other radio stations in another state. (I have two college degrees in media). Yet when I applied for the job, I showed up with my portfolio, and references. The interviewer even recognized the references and was impressed but didn't hire me because to him I didn't have enough experience. Of course everyone who worked there was white. I was really hurt because I have a background in this stuff. But somehow I didn't have enough experience. 🤷🏿♀️🤦🏾♀️
This is a fantastically informative video for job seekers and hiring managers as well. Thank you all for this video; it is definitely still needed today.
As a person of color and a woman, it’s been hard to accept that this is real, but without acknowledging it and educating myself, I can’t move forward. Thank you for this video.
So glad you found this helpful!
Same 💯
Should People of Color Add a LinkedIn Profile Picture?
Even a African American CEO has concerns:
Here were my two main concerns: 1) Would my corporation be overlooked for potential business simply because the CEO is African American? 2) What would the perception of the corporation be? Negative or Positive?
If you are a person of color looking for a job, I would imagine that at least one of my two main concerns was also one of yours before adding a LinkedIn profile picture. When I was reading the Goldman Sachs' article, a lot of those who commented on it stated that race shouldn't be an issue. That people should be hired and promoted based on qualifications and performance. I 100% agree those who commented, but I think what they don't realize or acknowledge is that in order to be hired or promoted, you first have to be accepted. If you are not accepted because of your race, then being hired or promoted becomes a moot point.
Should People of Color Add a LinkedIn Profile Picture?
While the advice is to always put a profile picture on LinkedIn. Especially from the light-skinned people.
Comments from job seekers show concern:
“There are not enough articles that discuss the potential pitfalls when black candidates post their photos on LinkedIn. I don’t have the time to conduct social experiments with my job search, however, I’m quite curious what the response would be if I were to simply replace my photo with one of my white friends.”
“Why is it that for years, nay, decades, we were all taught, “Do Not Put Your Photograph On Your Resume.” Today, LinkedIn makes it nearly mandatory. Why?
The main reason given back in the stone age for *no* photo was: Photographs will, way more often than not, get you screened out. Unless you were a movie star/glamour model, photos were no-nos.
IMHO, LinkedIn is only useful to the Beautiful People who are in management. Galley slaves like me find LI to be a total waste of time.”
“My goodness some comments are so blasé about real bias and discrimination. People ARE using LinkedIn to discriminate. Companies on LinkedIn have photo after photo after photo of white employees-even in towns and cities known for large, educated minority populations. It’ disgusting that LinkedIn is being misused to discriminate. Also, the way to dismantle discrimination is to be called in for an actual interview, see the shock on their faces upon seeing a visible minority, and make them sit through an interview with the minority who is destroying stereotypes left and right. “
@@5pctLowBattery You know the funny thing is I’ve recently went through 3 interviews for 3 different companies and the look on their faces when I as a person of color showed up. What’s frustrating is that when I received a call back they stated it’s my personality and lack of experience when my experience justified word for word based off the criteria that was posted on indeed. I find this disheartening why is that difficult.
Yes, If your not an old white male, its to your advantage to add your photo
I've noticed that typically the only resumes I get a response to are ones in which I use a fake Anglophone name. Then if the hiring process goes forward, it gets really awkward because it may require submitting documents which expose my real name and then usually it goes downhill from there. I struggle with having to communicate that using fake and easily pronounceable names are the only way I can get through the door and that I am not lying about my experience. It has become a necessary element in applications. While everyone pretends we live in a bright and happy functioning meritocracy, there need to be many more protocols in place as professional norms, standards and operating procedures to prevent unconscious bias, whether that be names, appearance, age, address, etc and the fact that nobody has really stepped up to the plate to eliminate these forms of bias in the world of HR has made a lot of the self-congratulatory fake diversity efforts just feel like empty CSR rhetoric.
Very great information and panel...Much appreciated!
I’ve had objects thrown at me during an interview before, but discrimination is usually far more subtle.
Much appreciated. Thank you.
I hate N's.
i am going through this right now, as a black man! thank you! i use indeed and i want to hear this!!
The list of employers Indeed listed as valuing diversity and inclusion with open positions do not have more than 1 if any Black people in Leadership. Ex. Kaiser, Adobe, Piedmont Hospitals.
@Leide Keine Dummköpfe Is that really how you interpreted this? Please listen to the presenters. Qualified Black candidates are not either being interviewed or hired based on the company's culture biases.
@Leide Keine Dummköpfe you don't realize or acknowledge is that in order to be hired or promoted, you first have to be accepted. If you are not accepted because of your race, then being hired or promoted becomes a moot point.
@Leide Keine Dummköpfe you are ridiculous.
At the end of the day, you have nothing to worry about.
Here, this should give you comfort:
“Black Harvard grads get the same rate of job callbacks as white state graduates”
“White high school drop outs get same job offers as black college students”
“African American with college degrees twice as likely to be unemployed as all other college graduates”
*Anti-black discrimination of equally qualified candidates is the same today as it was in 1989. It has not improved even 1% in 20 years*
Stop falling for the overblown claims of implicit-bias research. Implicit bias, or deep-seated biases that affect our behavior beyond our conscious awareness, is real and is almost certainly one factor (among many) when it comes to the lack of diversity in tech and other fields. *A black person applying to be an engineer at Google likely faces obstacles a white or an Asian applicant doesn’t, in part because they might not fit certain deep-seated ideas of what an engineer is “supposed” to look like.* Studies dealing with résumés and housing have shown over and over again that people of color face disadvantages in hiring and renting simply by dint of their race - people who are black, or who have names that “sound” black on a résumé, get interviewed and offered apartments less frequently than white people, even when all the characteristics that should matter are held constant. Given that fewer and fewer Americans would explicitly state an unwillingness to interview or rent to black people, implicit bias must be one of the mechanisms behind these unfortunate disparities.
-After spending two years and $265 million on the effort, Google’s employee population was only 2% black in 2016, the same percentage as it was in 2014.” Google simply hasn’t found any approach to increasing diversity that has worked, especially when it comes to hiring more African-American employees.
@Leide Keine Dummköpfe the point is that non-Black people in most C-Suite and mid-level management positions are hiring their friends, college mates, relatives etc. Those who look like them and whom they feel most comfortable with. It has nothing to do with the most qualified candidate. I have seen this repeatedly. The culture drives how moves are made. Black candidates who are actually doing the job as an interim for someone who has left the position are not being hired permanently and then asked to train the outside new hire. That is Ridiculous!
@@UrbanSpinster So true. I was feeling like they were overlooking me despite over 13 years clinical nursing and Healthcare administration experience. I created 2 separate resumes. Same exact experience, just different demographics. The "white" resume received call backs and I received automated rejections. Some people choose to be in denial.
It's about a hiring firms client: a reflection of the hirer. Its the same in Asia.
There is so much discrimination in hiring. What does my social media profile have to do with my ability to do the job? That’s discrimination at its finest. Personally I think AI should completely own the candidate shortlisting process to remove human bias.
Yet, in the job application they ask race and the algo or some A hole auto set race as a factor so what to do if race is asked for the job....because its a lot of jobs asking race in the applications and they stating they are an equal opportunity hiring company yet that racists question of "what race you are" leave me thinking.... I am never going to get a call back.
Man I was looking for the meme
what meme
Got to my interview the manager never came in to interview me sat in the office with other same race coleghes without acknowledging me
I know that you all love to see faces but that can expose people to bias that don't necessarily fall along racial lines. I think at the end of the day social darwinism wins regardless. This system will always keep certain people back because they don't look or conform to the standard that society sees as normal. The sad thing is that appearances are only skin deep.
You can talk all you want about discrimination, but blacks are also rejecting black applicants who are qualified. Change needs to start with us first.
Agreed!
👏👏👏👏👏👏 That is so true!!!
What has skin color or sexual orientation or gender identity have to do with how qualified you are for a job. There is bias in hiring men now. I have seen Amazon calling themselves equal opportunity and affirmative action employer in the same sentence. If you are selective about who you chose because you gender or skin color is wrong no matter you background is not equality. There is a strong increase in biased hiring against groups. As long as skin color of any kind or gender is excluded from recruiting then racist and discrimination still exist.
You have a diverse panel there by the way talking about this.
Affirmative action doesn't require an employer to discriminate against anyone. There are no quotas either. Affirmative action only requires employers to seek diversity in hiring by actively recruiting qualified minorities and women. That doesn't mean hiring under qualified applicants either. It's not the "reverse racism" people claim it to be. Do some research on the subject.
This is the most frustrating thing. Knowing that you are capable and have the skills and experience, but being looked over for people who are Caucasian with no experience. Colored people have to work extra hard just to make it. It’s exhausting.
You don't have to be African American. I have been asked about my background (Where are you from?). I am looking for a job since 1990s and no luck. I earned three university degrees and two technical diplomas. The last one I got in B.S. in accounting, but they tell me I have no experience. Forget about jobs and go to a different country.
That's bullshit. I hate when they say you don't have enough experience. During my time interning at a radio station that didn't really have employees that looked like me. I heard the white people laughing and staring at me. Basically asking me why I was there. But even though I had two degrees. Previous experience with internships. They will STILL say you don't have enough experience while taking a white applicant with only a year of college and training him or her for the same role you applied for.
@@AuthorJanaeMarie I'm not surprised. Sometime ago, I drove to Washington, DC for the job interview. While I was waiting for the interviewer, I realized that I did not belong to the company. All employees I saw were young females (No more than 30+ years of age). Anyway, the company told me that I would have interviews with HR manager @ 1:00 and Accounting Manager @ 1:30. However, both of them young women interviewed me at 1:00. They did not ask many questions. I tried to engage them in discussion. I asked them a question, they looked at each other, and burst out laughing. As the matter of fact, I did not have time to write a thank you letter. I got a rejection letter right away.
Better microphone needed.
But what if you’re mixed ? Latino and flipino decent with 10% white and 100% American?then what??!🤭😩
Then when you get the job it’s instant hostility, micromanagement and gaslighting. More important than your performance will be your hair. Even when they bring in diversity and harassment training it does absolutely nothing.
Why is it when we talk about racial bias, diversity and inclusion the conversation always relays to black and white? ALL people have biasis. They only way to reduce bias in the hiring process is to ONLY hire based on qualification alone. No pictures, no names, no interviews. Experience on a résumé only
100%
Blacks, generally, don’t have the power or occupy the positions to discriminate against Whites at anywhere near the magnitude that White hiring managers levy against Black job candidates.
Yeah, Latinos have biases against Blacks as well. In CA, Latino managers don't want to hire Black people.
@@AntiMasonic93 All other ethnicities adopted the hate of Blacks from White America. All other minorities played the party of crabs in a barrel. They were going to try holding Blacks down to move up in society.
I SWEAR they think the world only has just blacks and whites living here ..like what about other races? What about Latinos, Native Americans and or Asians? 😂anybody CAN be racist
Your just trying to hold people back I’ve never seen such disrespect I’m outraged.
Time stamp? When part did you feel was disrespectful?
You must be White. White people don't really encounter workplace bias.
Y’all talk like robots.. them people got ya super trained lol
What does this mean?