There are many job matching apps on the market but none are as innovative as the Blendoor app. This soon-to-launch application treats the job matching process like a blind date and removes the applicant's face and name from the process.
Created by Stephanie Lampkin, Blendoor is a mobile app that hides the candidate's name and photo to bypass unconscious bias and to make diversity recruiting in tech companies much easier. Studies have shown that two identical resumes with only a name difference can gain a 100% difference in the response rate. With this job matching app, candidates aren't pre-judged on their appearance, ability, gender, race, military history or sexual orientation as Blendoor's goal is to highlight the information most relevant to the candidate.
Blendoor will go live on March 11th, 2016 at the SXSW digital festival for public beta testing.
Why This Trend Is Growing
- Blind Hiring Trends
- A trend of using blind job matching and hiring processes to reduce unconscious bias and promote diversity in recruitment.
- AI Resume Filtering
- Integrating artificial intelligence into the resume filtering process to promote fair hiring and reduce bias against minority groups.
- Diversity Recruiting Tools
- The development of more tools that can help companies to achieve diversity goals in recruitment and hiring.
Industries Being Reshaped
- HR Technology
- HR tech providers can develop innovative features like artificial intelligence to reduce bias and increase diversity in recruitment.
- Recruitment and Staffing
- Recruitment and staffing firms can offer blind screening services to help companies widen candidate pools and reduce bias in hiring.
- Diversity and Inclusion Consulting
- Consulting firms specializing in diversity and inclusion can use blind hiring tools like Blendoor in their recruitment strategies.
