Job Applicants – O'bias Lab

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Introduction

The project O’Bias deals with gender bias in recruitment processes and career access. Despite the many advances that have been achieved in in education and career access over the years in Europe, several unconscious gender bias* still persist that can make some job opportunities less appealing either to male or to female candidates.
In this questionnaire, we would like to learn about your experience with gender bias practices in job market, and to know your opinion about the relevance of some strategies to mitigate gender bias in recruitment contexts.
Your answers are very important for the development of knowledge on this topic.
The data collected in this questionnaire will be used solely for the purposed of the research and knowledge development in the context of the project O’Bias. No individual information will be disclosed.
The estimated time necessary to complete the questionnaire is of about 10 minutes.
We thank you very much for your collaboration!

* Unconscious biases are unintentional attitudes and stereotypes that can influence our decision making.

To start with, we would like to ask some socio-demographic questions about yourself

Duration

Country(Required)

Age(Required)

Gender(Required)

Male

Female

Prefer not to respond

Now we would like you to rate the following sentences using a scale from 1 [Strongly disagree] to 7 [Strongly agree]

Awareness(Required)

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Gender discrimination is a serious problem in the job market.
It is acceptable for men to have higher salary than women.
Gender stereotypes can affect the dynamics in a workplace.
Organizations / Companies should be gender neutral.

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Science professionals
Skilled agricultural workers
Business associate professionals
Legal, social and cultural professionals
Personal service workers
Sales workers
Teaching professionals
Health professionals
General clerks
Health associate professionals
Cleaners
Personal care workers

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In my professional experience I have observed unconscious gender bias in recruitment processes.
In the organizations I’ve worked with I have had access to information to raise awareness about unconscious gender bias in recruitment processes.
In my professional path I have been involved in awareness or training initiatives to learn about how to reduce gender bias in job opportunities.
I believe Equal Opportunity Policies or equivalent strategies to ensure non- discriminatory practices in recruitment are important.

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Companies/ organisations should avoid the use of gender biased words in job descriptions.
Companies/ organisations should employ structured interviews, with scripted set of questions to all candidates instead of relying on unstructured interview methods.
Companies/ organisations should setup a diversified evaluation panel, including members of different gender, to assess job applicants.
Companies/ organisations should use work sample questions in job interviews (i.e. asking candidates to describe how they would handle a task rather them asking them about their past achievement and qualities).
Companies/ organisations should provide regular internal training to increase awareness of the professionals responsible for recruitment about possible unconscious bias.
Companies/ organisations should provide specific guidelines and tools to support the development of unbiased job advertisements and descriptions.

Introduction

To start with, we would like to ask some socio-demographic questions about yourself

Now we would like you to rate the following sentences using a scale from 1 [Strongly disagree] to 7 [Strongly agree]

In this section we want to know your opinion about the statements below using the scale from 1 [Strongly disagree] to 7 [Strongly agree]

In this question, we would like to learn more about your awareness and experience with gender bias issues.

To this end we ask you to please rate the provided sentences using a scale from 1 [Totally disagree] to 7 [Totally agree], based on your experience.

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It is difficult for a woman to work in a male-dominated field.
It is difficult for a man to work on a female-dominated field.

Introduction

To start with, we would like to ask some socio-demographic questions about yourself

Now we would like you to rate the following sentences using a scale from 1 [Strongly disagree] to 7 [Strongly agree]

In this section we want to know your opinion about the statements below using the scale from 1 [Strongly disagree] to 7 [Strongly agree]

In this question, we would like to learn more about your awareness and experience with gender bias issues. To this end we ask you to please rate the provided sentences using a scale from 1 [Totally disagree] to 7 [Totally agree], based on your experience.

In this question, we would like to learn more about your awareness and experience with gender bias issues.

To this end we ask you to please rate the provided sentences using a scale from 1 [Totally disagree] to 7 [Totally agree], based on your experience.