Jeff Turner, EMEA Learning & Development Manager, Facebook

2. How to overcome biased
recruiting
Jeff Turner
EMEA L&D Manager
Facebook

4. First Impressions

5. Hi I’m Jeff.

6. Who we areWhy is Diversity and Inclusion
so important to us?

7. The challenges we all face
Attracting diversity
People like…
Growth and attrition?
Unconscious bias – Me? No!
Allowing difference
People managers 
Go native? No thanks!
Difficult convo = mistakes
Institutional barriers
Leaders
The most meritocratic companies
All in?
Unconscious bias – Me? No!

8. bias
noun
a tendency to believe that some people, ideas, etc., are
better than others that usually results in treating some
people unfairly
verb
cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or
against someone or something

9. implicit
bias
Attitudes or stereotypes that affect our understanding,
actions, and decisions in an unconscious manner
Activated involuntarily and without an individual’s
awareness—developing over the course of a lifetime
through exposure to direct and indirect messages

10. Impact of a 1% Bias
5 0
5 0
5 0
5 0
5 0
5 0
5 0
5 0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Lowest Level
Highest Level
Women Men

11. Impact of a 1% Bias
5 3
5 0
4 8
4 8
4 6
4 3
3 9
3 5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Lowest Level
Highest Level
Women Men

12. small changes make a big difference
… and organisations and people who believe they are
meritocratic often have worse outcomes

14. Gender IAT
more readily
associate “males”
with “career” and
“females” with
“family”
more readily
associate “male”
with science and
“female” with the
arts
have an implicit
preference for
white people over
black people
76% 70% 75%
Gender-Science IAT Race IAT
have an implicit
preference for
able-bodied
people
76%
Disability IAT

15. Decades of social science research teach us that
stereotypes are self-fulfilling

17. Four Common Types of Bias
Performance
Competence/Likeability
Tradeoff
Performance
Attribution
Maternal Bias
UNDERSTAND
Impact
SURFACE
Bias
Take action to
COUNTERACT

18. Four Common Types of Bias
Performance

19. Four Common Types of Bias
Performance
Attribution

20. Four Common Types of Bias
Competence/Likeability
Tradeoff

21. Four Common Types of Bias
Maternal Bias

22. So what’s next?
•Become aware of your own biases or blind-spots
•Challenge others when you see theirs
•Structure decision-making with clear criteria
•Trial blind CV’s
•Be brave and forgive others when they get it wrong

23. So what’s next?

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