{"id":5470,"date":"2019-04-29T16:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/understanding-unconscious-bias\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T02:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T02:29:45","slug":"understanding-unconscious-bias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/understanding-unconscious-bias\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Unconscious Bias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lawson-Delaney_-Understanding-Unconscious-Bias.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-5471\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/lawson-delaney\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/lawson-delaney\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/lawson-delaney\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/lawson-delaney\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn-01.cms-ap-v2i.applyflow.com\/lawson-delaney\/wp-content\/uploads\/Applyflow-Images\/LDDA-FI-Classroom-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Unconscious bias affects every recruitment process. With more understanding of our innate prejudices, how are we able to implement strategies to mitigate its influence on hiring decisions?<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is unconscious bias?<\/strong><br \/>\nUnconscious biases are prejudices we have but are unaware of. They are mental shortcuts based on social norms and stereotypes. Biases can be based on skin colour, gender, age, height, weight, marital and parental status, &#8220;foreign&#8221; accents or even where someone went to school \/ university.<\/p>\n<p>To understand more about unconscious bias, please see below our latest white paper, &#8216;Understanding Unconscious Bias&#8217;, which highlights how humans can unconsciously register biases and what strategies we can use to mitigate this.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Lawson-Delaney_-Understanding-Unconscious-Bias.pdf\">Download the Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Lawson Delaney is a leading executive search and professional recruitment firm based in Melbourne. We specialise in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/services\/executive-search\/\">recruiting CEOs and leadership teams<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawsondelaney.com.au\/services\/accounting-firm-recruitment\/\">accountants of all seniorities for Accounting firms<\/a>. Contact us on <a href=\"tel:0399467300\">03 9946 7300<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:support@lawsondelaney.com.au\">support@lawsondelaney.com.au<\/a> to learn more about how we can assist you with a vacancy or new role today.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unconscious bias affects every recruitment process. With more understanding of our innate prejudices, how are we able to implement strategies to mitigate its influence on hiring decisions? What is unconscious bias? Unconscious biases are prejudices we have but are unaware of. They are mental shortcuts based on social norms and stereotypes. 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