– the News startled. I didn’t expect that the result would be that rough.

Thus the city of Espoo personnel director Kimmo Sarekoski comments research, where the Finnish name sent fake job applications resulted in interview invite for many times more than the foreign names the sent applications.

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the Finnish name is a huge advantage in the Finnish labour market – researcher sent out thousands of job applications with different names, and the results startling

Why is the job seeker the name of the foreign influence recruitment? It is, at least in employers ‘ attitudes, believes the S group’s personnel director Susa Nikula .

I Believe that one reason could be that the finns rely on the a priori more Finnish. We have Finnish employees much longer experience than the foreign workers, Nikula said.

the S-group’s personnel director Susa Nikula.Kaj Rehman / YleAnonyymistä job good experience

as well As in Espoo, finland, the S group has tried anonymous recruitment. It recruiter doesn’t see the applications when they read the applicant’s identifying information, such as name, age or gender.

Sarekosken experience according to the anonymous job seekers can also work as a tool, which helps recruit students to consider their own actions in the recruitment situation.

One of the managers told me she recognized that when she didn’t get to see the applicants certain information, it affected his behavior. He called to be sure to interview a wider set than he would be invited without anonymity.

S group in the experiment had similar ambitions: it was to get recruits players to see the possible prejudices of their applicants ethnic background, name, gender, or age of the item.

after the Experiment with age ask for the search form was completely abandoned.

an Anonymous job search purposes is not only a wake up call to employers. It can also be used to attract potential applicants, Sarekoski believes.

– Using such a tool the message is that we can apply the kind of people who might otherwise experience the easier he’ll be discriminated against in their job search.

Espoo, city personnel director Kimmo Sarekoski.Olli Häkämies / city of Espoo many women labour is needed in the future

Susa Nikula H group believes that the employers ‘ attitudes eritaustaisia applicants towards improve with time. This also affects the shortage of skilled labor.

– To is a good muse. In the future we need more foreign labor.

in Espoo, finland anonymous job search is hoped to be eased in the near future, when the city introduced a new recruitment system.

Earlier job anonymised by hand: applications of light was copied and paper applications to blacken in the hands of all applicant identifying information. Interview invite to make were to see only applications, where information was crossed out.

the Future anonymous job search is expected to be spent in particular in those areas where city employees personnel structure is skewed in relation to the rest says the population.

It occurs in an expert, specialist and managerial positions. The aim is that staff should reflect the population structure. We’re not necessarily terribly good progress with it, but it is nevertheless a goal that is worth pursuing, staff director Kimmo Sarekoski said.

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