White Paper: Tackling Unconscious Bias in the Workplace

From March to May 2020, FairHire set out to understand better the current need for blind hiring processes amongst employers and employees by conducting a short survey covering their own unconscious biases.

Contextualised amongst recent insights from business and academia, the responses received highlight wider trends in current thought on the issues of diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias.

Topics Covered

• Unconscious bias: knowing is not half the battle
• Social norming
• Alternatives to blind hiring
• Diversity and collaboration
• Beyond recruitment: workplace sensitivity to unconscious bias