City gives nameless resumés a pass
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The City of Winnipeg has decided not to switch to a nameless resumé process to find new employees.
Coun. Markus Chambers had called for the city to consider a new hiring practice in which resumés would lack identifying details, such as the name of the applicant or any educational institutions they had attended. Chambers argued that change would help prevent unconscious bias about a candidate’s gender, race or sexual orientation, since a name can trigger assumptions about those characteristics.
On Wednesday, executive policy committee cast a final vote not to pursue the change, however, after a public service report found anonymous resumés have not proven to be effective by the federal government and others who’ve tried them in the past.
The report argues the city would be better off focusing on other initiatives to support diversity and inclusion in the workplace.