Even unconscious bias can have a negative effect on the hiring process. A company may pass on some excellent new hires if hiring managers or recruiters have preconceived notions.
By omitting information like a candidate's name, age, gender, socioeconomic background, etc. and focusing solely on their talents, blind hiring reduces bias in the hiring process. Using blind recruiting methods helps to increase diversity at your company. Large corporations are developing blind recruiting techniques.
The bias starts during the screening of resumes. The removal of a candidate's name, photo, year of graduation, age, and address from their resume is known as the most popular kind of blind hiring or resume masking. However, in order to adopt this approach, the screening procedure must be automated; otherwise, HR will have to spend a lot of time on it. Pre-hire testing is the second most popular and simple method of blind hiring. The tests can be run and analysed using software.
The recruiting process is not blind because of our own unintentional prejudice. Our workplace will be more equitable as long as we continue to grow and learn to set our biases aside.
AideWiser uses a blind hiring procedure to create an inclusive environment for the businesses.