One of them being "See!! We DO interview and hire minorities!! We really do! We have data that shows it!!!!"
aka "I'm not racist. I have a friend who is ________"
edit: If you happen to get the job as a result of those practices and are good at your job, it's win-win.
Sounding white or having a white name gets you to the front door, but overall appearance (especially complexion) still determines if they actually let you in. It should be hard to believe stuff like this still happens in 2017, but I'm finding it quite easy. :|
Why do you think this and where did you get this information?
If you're just a little subtly racist and not over the top racist it's easier to dismiss a name than someone you speak to who comes off well.
People forget there is really a wide range of racism and alot of it isn't sessionsesque.
What face pops up on a resume with the name Lashonda? What about Lindsey?
They usually ask in a survey at the end of the application. They "say" it's optional. Oddly enough, one of the companies I've been interviewing for wrote me an email saying that to continue with the interview process, I had to answer the survey. I had my 3rd interview with them on Friday. They seem really interested but I'm taking a job with another company that offered it to me the week before.
Exactly. You have to play the game and acknowledge that there is a game to play.
Of course this is a thing. I'm not saying "duh", because black people know this, but white people have no idea. But yeah.
I had an interview earlier this week over the phone We made small talk, and she noticed my name and started talking about how it's Irish and how her grandmother was Irish and all that jazz. At that point I knew she was under the assumption that the person speaking to her was a nice white man and not a scary black creature attempting to be human.
When I stepped into her office the next day for the in-person interview, she glared at me like I lied to her. That happy tone was gone. She even asked me to verify who I was a few times more than I felt necessary.
That's the worst part. When white people feel like we are the problem because we "lied" to them.
What face pops up on a resume with the name Lashonda? What about Lindsey?
Although seemingly in conflict with the audit study findings, we believe the two sets of results can be reconciled. To the extent that Black names are used simply as signals of race by discriminatory employers, it is unlikely that names would be correlated with job outcomes beyond the interview stage since the employer directly observes the applicant's race once an interview takes place. In the face of discriminatory employers, it is actually in the interest of both employee and employers for Blacks to signal race, either via a name or other resume information, rather than undertaking a costly interview with little hope of receiving a job offer. More generally, we show that Black names are correlated with family background characteristics that may predict labor market productivity, even after controlling for the type of information available to employers on resumes. If that is the case, then it may be efficient (albeit illegal) for employers to use names in screening applicants. Once an individual is personally known to us, names wane dramatically in importance, as a moment of reflection about one's own oddly named acquaintances and colleagues will likely bear out. Because of this, and the fact that the cost of changing one's name is low, it is hard to imagine how names could plausibly have a large impact on life outcomes, even if resume callbacks are somewhat reduced. Therefore, we conclude that the stark differences in naming patterns among Blacks and Whites is best explained as a consequence of continued racial segregation and inequality, rather than a cause that is perpetuating these factors.
The study also involved Asian people whitening their resumes to get more interview.What if you Asian-ify your name? Does that boost it even more?
Of course this is a thing. I'm not saying "duh", because black people know this, but white people have no idea. But yeah.
I had an interview earlier this week over the phone We made small talk, and she noticed my name and started talking about how it's Irish and how her grandmother was Irish and all that jazz. At that point I knew she was under the assumption that the person speaking to her was a nice white man and not a scary black creature attempting to be human.
When I stepped into her office the next day for the in-person interview, she glared at me like I lied to her. That happy tone was gone. She even asked me to verify who I was a few times more than I felt necessary.
That's the worst part. When white people feel like we are the problem because we "lied" to them.
Duh? I guess.
I mastered my white voice.
Wouldn't one be less likely to get a job because they put down a false name and/or ethnicity (which would be an obvious lie as soon as they met or tied to hire that person), than the chance of the interviewer being a racist?
I mean, this may help get someone into an interview, but what about actually being hired?