Embracing Blind Hiring to Foster Diversity

Unconscious bias in the hiring process impacts which applicants are contacted for interviews. Therefore, applicants whose personal characteristics the hiring team unconsciously prefers tend to receive interviews and job offers. As a result, the workforce typically becomes homogenous. Blind hiring involves removing personal information from job applications. Eliminating clues about an applicant’s name, gender, age, and ethnicity helps reduce unconscious bias in the hiring process. As a result, blind hiring helps evaluate an applicant based on their skills, qualifications, and potential. These factors foster diversity within the company.

How to Spot a Micromanager (And Avoid Becoming One)

A micromanager strongly controls aspects of their team’s work. As a result, their employees experience lower autonomy, creativity, and confidence.

Ongoing exposure to micromanagement contributes to high levels of stress, anxiety, and depression. Employees also can experience high blood pressure, weight gain, and other health issues. Micromanaging reduces employee engagement, performance, and productivity. This process also lowers job satisfaction, employee morale, and attraction and retention rates. These factors reduce your organization’s bottom line. Because a micromanager creates a toxic work environment, you should learn how to spot one and avoid becoming one yourself. These methods can help.