To consider the issue of ‘hiring bias’, is to conjure an image of downtrodden women, endless board rooms of chortling white men shaking hands, and the notion of the inward facing “old boys’ club”. It’s an image that’s been with us for decades, and whilst it played an important and realistic portrayal 20 years ago, it has since become rather antiquated, and largely irrelevant. In fact – the emerging truth is that now men are the ones short changed by hiring bias, and women the beneficiaries. A generation of hard work has now transformed the landscape of work, and now it’s time to transform our perspectives too. Well, at least, this is what the the largest study ever done into hiring bias has recently found. A study across 44 years, covering 85 studies, and 361,000 job applications adds to the pile of unpopular truths, that the pendulum has swung… and swung too far. So when is enough, enough? When will we pursue, with the same gusto, campaigns to get men in the areas work where they’re underrepresented? Healthcare, psychology, teaching, childcare, social services, the charitable sector, and HR? When will we listen to and elevate the voices of the men overlooked and left out in such places? And who will fight sword and shield in hand to slay the “old girls club” that has pervaded public awareness for so long? What do you think? ~ Study  Article  Images by Joel Mott, Sear Greyson, Jon Tyson, and Kraken Images

2024-01-26