Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 10 responses to interview Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 87 responses to interview The female resume got 870% more responses. Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names. Broward County school board member Sarah Leonardi shared photos to social media of a group of children from Fort Lauderdale's Wilton Manors Elementary School.
So then I thought 'what about someone looking for working class jobs?' So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. A Florida elementary school is under fire after taking grade-school kids on a field trip to a gay bar - one that offers sexual pun-laden menu items such as Rhoda Cowboy and Ivana Hooker. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview. I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name.
So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. 29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman.
