Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 10 responses to interview Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 87 responses to interview The female resume got 870% more responses. Sometimes the male went first, sometimes the female went first. Made a fake resume, and responded to craigslist ads with both male and female names.

So then I thought 'what about someone looking for working class jobs?' So I decided to focus on restaurants- servers, hosting, etc. Often, the larvae of various types of insects. 1 2 The damage to books that is commonly attributed to 'bookworms' is, in truth, not caused by any species of worm. Bookworm is a general name for any insect that is said to bore through books. Out of 100, my applications with a female name got 45 responses to interview The female resume was 650% more likely to get a callback. A bookworm / beetle grub found inside a paperback book, showing some of the damage it has wrought. Out of 100, my applications with a male name got 7 responses for interview. I'd send it out with my real name, then a few days later (or few days before) with a female name. So I took my CV and changed the name to a female name. The definition of bookworm is someone who spends a lot of time reading or studying.

Bugs such as silverfish, book lice, and linoleum beetles were referred to as bookworms because they inhabited books thus the idiom. See more ideas about book worms, book nerd, i love books. Bookworm as a noun means One who spends much time reading or studying. The origin of the idiom bookworm probably originated as a somewhat derogatory term for a person who studied or read more than was usual.

It's MUCH better being a woman So I did an experiment, I work in CS and decided to test what the gender bias is. Explore Teryn s board 'Definition: Bookworm', followed by 116 people on Pinterest. 29.6K 1.3K sent 100 applications as a man and a woman.

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