Among the heads of human resources for technology companies abound at least two prejudices: hire mostly men and mostly very young
Silicon Valley a proliferation of allegations of discrimination by gender and age.. They decided to fight the first bias through algorithms, software and geolocation technology.
The companies that are dedicated to identify and neutralize bias in job interviews and employee evaluations are in vogue in the United States.
For example, promise to identify any gender bias in the words used in the job and evaluations to employees before a promotion.
Thanks to the precision of its algorithm, it was found that if an offer includes the phrase “seek a candidate with a verifiable work history,” more men to the call would be presented. However, if a candidate is asked “with a passion for learning,” respond more women. It is difficult to reach this conclusion if not through the intersection of data and information software.
According to the newspaper The Wall Street Journal , 20% of large US companies are training employees in identifying such prejudices and in the next five years could do 50%.
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