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Facing Unconscious Bias in Your Career and Life

Facing Unconscious Bias in Your Career and Life

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Understanding unconscious bias is important for employers and job candidates.

It’s also critical for respectful conversations in the workplace. For a long time, I have wanted Tony Chatman to come on my show. We have talked about many ideas. Unconscious Bias is a topic both of us are passionate about made it easy to start finalizing.

The show was recorded live in front of an audience of three as well as a Facebook Live stream (more people engaged the conversation via Facebook). I would like to thank the First Christian Church of Chicago along with the Greater Ashburn Community Development Corporation for hosting us. Hundreds saw the live streaming and after the video posted on Facebook.

I also published it on my YouTube page.

 We would love your input. Here’s how you can contribute to the conversation:

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Let me share a little about my friend: 

Tony Chatman is a Corporate Relationship Expert and President of Chatman Enterprises Inc. Some of his corporate clients include the Social Security Administration, Chase Bank, and the U.S. Secret Service. Tony is a prolific professional speaker on Unconscious Bias and is in demand around the country on this topic.

Here are a few of our discussion highlights. The show lasts 90 minutes and is worth every minute of your time

  • The brain has two different thinking systems – conscious and unconscious
  • Unconscious is more of a feeling—react before thinking
  • Affinity bias draws on past and experiences
  • The brain responds quicker to simple rather than the complex
  • The brain reacts very quickly to stereotypes
  • We are programming our auto responses rather than training our unconscious
  • Be aware the majority of us have biases
  • Tony shares about the bias test at iat.org
  • Optics also play a big part of bias
  • Bias plays a large part in hiring decisions—most decision makers rely on gut instinct
  • We discussed name bias and how job candidates with ethnic names are often disqualified based their  names only
  • Assumptions are often made about physical appearance and disparity in pay

Do you need coaching or instruction? I am here for it! Feel free to contact me as I am opening consulting and coaching slots for clients who need job search help or would like my presentation on unconscious bias.

About Mark Anthony Dyson

I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers," career consultant, job seeker advocate, career writer, and founder of this award-winning blog. I help the employed, unemployed, underemployed, and under-appreciated find jobs using job search strategies to navigate the new job market. I aim to give a safe place online to those with different needs, cultures, and ethnicities to find their voice in the job market. Thousands have read my career advice throughout the web as I write about everything from job search strategies to the mobile job search. I have published more than 400 articles on this blog and some of the largest career sites such as Recruiter.com, YouTern, and Come Recommended. I've been quoted in major online publications such as Monster, TIME/Money, Fortune, Business Insider and MSN. FlexJobs, JobMonkey, Aerotek, Career Pivot, and CareerSherpa listed my podcast as one of the top podcasts to help your job search. Love for you to sign up for the weekly newsletter. I share the latest articles I've written, new podcast episodes, and answer any questions you may have. The new job search is scary and if you need help, I am here for it!