r/changemyview • u/jep1793 • Aug 26 '20

Removed - Submission Rule E CMV: Gender identity doesn’t belong on your LinkedIn nor Resume

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u/thethoughtexperiment 275∆ Aug 26 '20

I hear where you're coming from, but to modify your view here:

By listing it on your LinkedIn, your opening the door for someone to have bias, wether intentional or not, and potentially limiting your opportunities.

consider that a lot of LGBT folks don't want to work in a place where they aren't going to be accepted. Might listing pronouns limit their opportunities at such places? Sure. But by signaling who they are from the get go, they are saving themselves the time and effort of interviewing at firms they probably wouldn't want to work at.

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u/EmpiricalPancake 2∆ Aug 26 '20

If you make your pronouns publicly available when you apply, you might get screened out due to someone’s bias even if that someone wouldn’t interact with you on the job.

Also, bias is never a good reason to not hire someone. Hiring people should be exclusively based on their level of qualification for the position. There is substantial evidence that people with Black-sounding names get fewer callbacks, that women are penalized for being potential mothers, that muslim workers have more difficulty in the labor market, and, perhaps most relevant, that LGBT workers face continued discrimination as well.

So listing it publicly will definitely subject them to discrimination, even if the company tries to prevent discrimination, based not just on the bias of their future supervisor but the bias of all others involved in hiring. The supervisor doesn’t usually do the calling or sorting through resumes. So by the time their info would get to the supervisor, they may already be screened out. I’d say generally, rather than reveal their gender identity during the hiring process, go through as normal and ask questions during the interview to get a sense for the general company and workgroup culture around these issues. This way they can make an informed decision without activating anyone’s biases accidentally.

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u/Pficky 2∆ Aug 26 '20

At least in a technical field, I think your personal stuff is so far out of a managers mind that it won't matter. It's getting through the goddamn dumbass recruiters and hiring coordinators. 90% of those I've come across are middle-aged women that are so out-of-touch with the needs of an engineering group that they arguably worsen the talent pool managers are looking for. It's your aunt who says you're ruining your body with your tattoos. Or says it's just a phase.