I read that in a study, duplicate resumes were given to employers with two different names. One name was off a list of names that members of another study ruled to be "more traditional." ie: Matthew, Sarah, David. The other name was from a list of names the same study had ruled "moderately untraditional" like Roxanne, Jillian, Taegan. The names ruled "untraditional" like Larksong and Moonbeam were left out of the second study all together.
Anyway- the study concluded that those with "traditional" names were twice as likely to be hired than their equally qualified counterparts!!
I want to know if people out in the YA world have ever thought about this, or have even caught themselves doing it?
2006-12-06
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