Whitening the Resume

By maclink on January 11, 2010 3:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks

In some fields, women use initials on their resumes so potential employers can't tell immediately that they are women. Some African Americans are "whitening" their resumes in these difficult economic times to avoid (or postpone until later in the hiring process) race-based decisions.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122416323

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=121163120

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