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Hiring Managers Want Someone Just Like Them - Study
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Male hiring managers prefer male job candidates and female hiring managers prefer female job candidates, but when it comes to making the final hiring decision a man is more likely to be hired, a new study has revealed.
In the study released by recruiting experts Hays in conjunction with diversity and employee survey organisation Insync Surveys, 515 hiring managers were asked to review the resume of ‘Susan’ while another 514 reviewed the identical CV with the name changed to ‘Simon’. The hiring managers were then asked how well 20 attributes described the applicants.
Female respondents who received the CV of ‘Susan’ said she matched 14 of the 20 attributes extremely well. In comparison, female respondents who received the CV of ‘Simon’ said he matched 6 of the 20 attributes extremely well.
Male hiring managers demonstrated the same bias; they said ‘Simon’ matched 14 of the 20 attributes extremely well, while ‘Susan’ matched only 6 of the 20 attributes.
According to Hays, such bias is known as affinity bias, or in other words, hiring managers have a preference for more highly rating the candidates most like themselves.
“A hiring manager is unlikely to openly come out and tell us they want to hire someone who is just like them,” Managing Director of Hays in Australia & New Zealand Nick Deligiannis said.
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