3b: Entering the Labour Market

Question 1

How does bias influence the hiring process?

Answer 1

Cognitive bias; not explicitly discriminatory but influences decision making process

Question 2

How did cognitive bias influence orchestra auditions? How did they fix it? (Goldin and Rouse)

Answer 2

95% of orchestra players were men; when blind interviews were introduced (not seeing, just listening) women in symphonies raised 25%

Question 3

What are GapJumpers?

Answer 3

skill testing questions recruits generate the solution to. mean to aid hiring process by looking at critical thinking skills

Question 4

What is the difference between social and human capital?

Answer 4

Human capital - humans as resources; knowing if they have education, training etc. makes people valuable
Social capital - who you know; networking and connections (not people who are close to you, but people the introduce you to)

Question 5

How is cultural fit influential to the hiring process? (Rivera)

Answer 5

Perceived similarity is often more important than skills; wanting to be comfortable in the workplace; personal feelings matter in interviews b/cuz people get excited when others have similar backgrounds to them

Question 6

What are Quadlin’s findings in ‘The Mark of a Woman’s record”

Answer 6

business and english majors saw no gender difference in call-backs. math majors did - women seen as non-threatening and needing to rely on personality more to hire; men got wayy more call-backs