To get women back to work, throw out your resume requirements

Published Updated 4 Min Read

It’s time to look beyond just what’s on paper when making your hiring decisions.

As women look to reenter the labor market, traditional methods may be inadvertently blocking them from progressing through the recruiting process. When employers recruit using a ‘skills-based’ hiring process instead of basing their decisions off of CVs, the number of women hired into senior roles increases by almost 70%, according to new research conducted by recruiting platform Applied.

Paola Peralta
Associate Editor

Paola Peralta is an Associate Editor at Employee Benefit News and has been with the team for five years. She is a proud UCF journalism graduate who got her start through a Dow Jones News Fund … Read full bio


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