LGBT
job candidates rated higher by female employers than male
counterparts
Female employers are more inclined to hire LGBT candidates than
male employers. That's according to a study from the University of
Sussex's School of Business, Management and Economics in which 400
hiring managers were asked to review a random CV.
They were presented with four fake CVs, each from a gay man, a
lesbian, a straight man, and a straight woman. Apart from names,
and listing themselves as a member in a gay professional
association, the CVs (in regards to qualification, skills etc.)
were the same.
Hiring managers were asked to rate the candidate's CV on a scale
from 1 to 7. Female recruiters rated gay and lesbian candidates an
average of 5.21 and straight candidates 4.8, whereas male
recruiters scored gay and lesbian candidates 4.6 and straight
candidates 4.93.
According to the research, this bias increased among more
experienced recruiters, LGBTQ Nation reports.
Ben Everly, the lead author of the study wrote: "Because women
experience discrimination and the glass ceiling in organisations,
women may believe that gay and lesbian applicants must be more
competent than equally qualified heterosexual applicants, in order
to advance their careers."
The authors recommend that gender balanced hiring panels are
should be implemented to eliminate bias in recruitment.
女性雇主比男性雇主更倾向于雇用同性恋候选人。这是根据苏塞克斯商学院管理与经济学院的一项研究，研究中400名招聘经理被要求审查简历。
他们被提供了四个假的简历，每份简历各来自于一个男同性恋者，一个女同性恋者，一个直男和一个直女。除了名字以及同性恋者将他们自己列为同志专业协会的会员这两点外，简历其他内容（关于资格，技能等）是完全一样的。
招聘经理被要求将候选人的简历从1到7进行评分。女性招聘人员对男、女同性恋候选人的平均评分为5.21、直男直女候选人的平均评分为4.8，而男性招聘人员的平均评分则为：男、女同性恋者候选人4.6和直男直女候选人4.93。
LGBTQ Nation报道：根据研究，在经验更加丰富的招聘人那里，这种偏见还增加了。
该研究的主要作者Ben Everly写道："由于妇女在组织中遭受歧视和'隐形天花板'，妇女更有可能相信同性恋者的申请人必须要比同等资格的异性恋者更有能力才能推进自身职业的发展。"
作者建议，应该均衡招聘小组成员的性别，以消除招聘中的偏见。
（翻译：毛毓郁）
信息来源：
https://www.recruitmentgrapevine.com/article/news-2017-02-24-females-hirers-rate-gay-candidates-more-highly-than-male-counterparts