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Removing Bias From Hiring with Melissa Dobbins

Removing Bias From Hiring with Melissa Dobbins

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Removing bias from the hiring process is quite a task considering those who are still asking why. My guest this episode is Melissa Dobbins, founder, and CEO of career.place, whose purpose is to remove bias from hiring. She states on her website that she is “…radically reshaping the hiring process through the synthesis of science and technology…” Her goal is to show hiring companies how to remove bias from the hiring process.

You are more than welcome to join the discussion. Here are three ways you can:

– Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number
– Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message
– Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

More about Melissa:
Through a SaaS-based offering, my company provides a fresh approach that is unbiased and focuses on what matters most when hiring talent. Career.Place removes bias from the hiring process by not relying on the resume as the beginning piece of the hiring equation. Instead, career.place’s solution asks a series of questions from salary desired to take assessments, allowing only those qualified to advance.
She has been in product management for many years including her last position as a vice president.

Here are highlights from our discussion:

  • Melissa is influenced by her experience working with highly diverse successful teams and homogenous teams oblivious to bias
  • In her experience, homogenous teams was a vacuum of creativity because everyone thought alike
  • She says that diversity and inclusion positions and teams achieved a good start
  • Removing bias from the hiring process will mean removing the identities of the individuals from the eyes of employers
  • The focus for employers is to focus on what individuals can do and the requirements to do the job, and everyone is treated fairly
  • We discuss racists vs. bias and how much of a challenge it is in the process – “No one wants to look in the mirror and think they are part of the problem.”
  • Melissa says, “Bias is the human shortcut.”
  • There needs to be more than blocking out the name on a resume to rid of bias in the hiring process

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About Mark Anthony Dyson

I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.

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How Students, Grads, and Young Careerists Can Mitigate Bias

How Students, Grads, and Young Careerists Can Mitigate Bias

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Thanks so much for your interest in this episode. Bias has different faces, sizes, complexities, and issues, and it’s hard to talk about them in one episode. Sheila Caldwell, Ed. D. is the Advisor to the President on Diversity at the University of North Georgia. She is the eyes and ears for the University on all things for diversity and inclusion and reports directly to the President of the University. I was happy she agreed to come on and share her journey in mitigating bias as well as the university students.

Join in on the conversation

  • Call and leave a voicemail at 708-365-9822, or text your comments to the same number
  • Go to TheVoiceofJobSeekers.com, press the “Send Voicemail” button on the right side of your screen and leave a message
  • Send email feedback to mark@thevoiceofjobseekers.com

More about Sheila Caldwell

Sheila recently received her doctorate of education in workforce education. She has completed a certification program at the Harvard Kennedy School of Busines for “Strategies for Building and Leading Diverse Organizations Executive Education program.” Sheila is actively involved in working with students and staff in making the University of North Georgia inclusive and safe for all.

Few highlights from our conversation

  • Bias occurs in the workforce and college campuses but manifests differently in their respective environments
  • Students must gain a strong identity of self to endure the narrow perspectives fellow students and coworkers will have
  • Colleges are trying to do a better job in preparing students for the workforce diversity
  • Students needing to feel a belonging at a diverse university while combating bias
  • Sheila shares the latest reports of graduates show money, not intelligence, is a primary reason for students of color not finishing a degree
  • Sheila discusses how women dominate the graduate rates yet not enough women are STEM and engineering majors in college
  • How bias includes cultural appropriation and how it affects campus and the workplace

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About Mark Anthony Dyson

I am the "The Voice of Job Seekers!" I offer compassionate career and job search advice as I hack and re-imagine the job search process. You need to be "the prescription to an employer's job description." You must be solution-oriented and work in positions in companies where you are the remedy. Your job search must be a lifestyle, and your career must be in front of you constantly. You can no longer shed your aspirations at the change seasons. There are strengths you have that need constant use and development. Be sure you sign up to download my E-Book, "421 Modern Job Search Tips 2021!" You can find my career advice and work in media outlets such as Forbes, Inc., Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Glassdoor, and many other outlets.

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