Target Group: Scientific Staff/Postdocs (English)
Objective Recuitment vs. Unconscious Bias – “Mission impossible”?
Am I really objective?
Statistically, 75% of all job interviews are decided in the first 5 minutes. Why is that? How unbiased are we really towards applicants? How much do we perhaps let ourselves be deceived by first impressions? Is my gut feeling really, always right?
In science, we adhere to good practices to conduct the scientific research. However, good practice should also be applied to other fields of work, such as during recruitment processes.
In this training, we would like to provide you with ways and means to reflect on these points. The objective of this training is to provide you with the guidelines for good practice in job interview, from the moment we welcome the candidate till the decision making. In addition to basic information on the structure and process of job interviews, we will present you examples of the unconscious biases that could arise during the interview process ultimately affecting the hiring decisions. Being informed of methods to conduct job interviews and being aware of unconscious biases, will smooth the process towards the final assessment of the candidates as objectively as possible.
Speakers:
Dr. Lorenza Alice D'Alessandro (Equality, diversity and inclusion-EQUDIV, Freelancer)
She was indeed appointed for 4 years as equal opportunities and diversity officer at the German Cancer Research Center. In this role, among several measures and initiatives in regards of diversity and inclusion, she developed workshops aiming to reflect on the effect of unconscious biases at the workplace and during decision making processes, such as recruitment procedures. She is continuing her education in the field of equal opportunities at the Oxford Worldwide programme (University of Oxford).
Jochen Barnstedt (Head of DESY-Recruitment)
Date:
Time: 10.00 am - 11.30 am (virtual)
