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Equitable Hiring Practices: Structured Approaches That Reduce Bias

Dolly ChughMIT Sloan Management Review12 min readJune 15, 2020
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Equitable hiring requires redesigning every stage of the recruitment process, from job descriptions to final offers, based on evidence about where bias enters. Research shows that gendered language in job postings reduces female applicants by 30%, while unstructured interviews are worse predictors of performance than work samples. The article provides a step-by-step guide for auditing and restructuring hiring processes, including diverse interview panels, standardized scoring rubrics, and calibration sessions.

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