Blind recruitment trial to boost (((gender equality))) making

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>http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-trial-to-improve-gender-equality-failing-study/8664888

>Leaders of the Australian public service will today be told to "hit pause" on blind recruitment trials, which many believed would increase the number of women in senior positions.
>Blind recruitment means recruiters cannot tell the gender of candidates because those details are removed from applications.
>In a bid to eliminate sexism, thousands of public servants have been told to pick recruits who have had all mention of their gender and ethnic background stripped from their CVs.
>The assumption behind the trial is that management will hire more women when they can only consider the professional merits of candidates.
>(((Professor Michael Hiscox))), a (((Harvard))) academic who oversaw the trial, said he was shocked by the results and has urged caution. "We anticipated this would have a positive impact on diversity — making it more likely that female candidates and those from ethnic minorities are selected for the shortlist," he said.
>The trial found assigning a male name to a candidate made them 3.2 percent less likely to get a job interview.
>Adding a woman's name to a CV made the candidate 2.9 percent more likely to get a foot in the door.
>"We should hit pause and be very cautious about introducing this as a way of (((improving diversity))), as it can have the opposite effect," (((Professor Hiscox))) said.

TL;DR: Blind recruitment (not knowing applicants gender) trial reveals that women are less qualified than men in senior positions, which results in a (((pause))) on blind recruitment.
Study also reveals that women are MORE likely to get jobs, based on gender rather than merit, and that men are LESS likely to get a job if gender is specified in their application.