"blind hiring" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It refers to a hiring process which does not rely on factors such as age, gender, or race. For example, "Our company practices blind hiring to ensure a fair and impartial selection process for new employees."
Breakthroughs in HR tech are not only giving employers game-changing tools with which to enhance processes and attract the best talent, they're also solving longstanding labor gremlins, such as gender pay parity and blind hiring.
Experiment with blind hiring.
While it may not be practical for all companies and roles, there has recently been an increase in the number of organizations experimenting with blind hiring.
Data from GapJumpers, a company that evaluates candidates using "blind hiring," showed that with standard recruiting processes, only 20% of candidates who were not white, able-bodied males from elite schools were interviewed; with blind screening, 60% of them were interviewed.
He believes he should not have to "go blind" into hiring decisions and remains worried about his vulnerability to lawsuits should an employee with a criminal record go on to commit another crime.
These include gender-blind hiring practices, in which the gender of job applicants isn't visible to early reviewers; adopting "family-friendly policies"; and establishing mentorship programs for women.
But conscious strategies such as gender-blind hiring and efforts to mentor women can work, she said.
He calls his disadvantaged workers "unemployable" but says that given the choice between two equally qualified job candidates, one sighted, one blind, he would hire the blind one.
Similarly, discriminating against a blind person when hiring a baseball umpire is certainly not a function of hostility to blind people in general and wouldn't even be illegal under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
There may be a notion that hiring blind workers — or any disabled worker, for that matter — means spending more time, money and resources on training and equipment.
But if we think that both objectives – efficiency and solidarity – should play some role, perhaps we should turn a blind eye to hiring the unemployed to stand in line in lieu of busy lawyers, so long as they do not corner all of the seats.
