Would anonymity on CV’s help in reducing discrimination
It sounds like a good idea but would it work in practice ? The Government is proposing that cv’s should be anonymised and is pushing the UK’s biggest companies to adopt a policy where cv’s have stripped down personal details, and some have agreed already to play ball.
The avowed intention is not only to significantly reduce the obvious forms of discrimination such as ethnicity, disability, sex but to reduce the level of old boy network recruitment. Frankly, this sounds like a white elephant, excuse any pun connotations. The old boy network relies principally on connections, a nod and a wink, and this is simply impossible to ever eradicate. People know and trust other people and value those relationships, we don’t see this as more than a populist political spin, but maybe we are being cynical ? To us, this will just drive discrimination below the surface more, and in some ways, that can be more dangerous.
What do you think about this issue ?
