1. Bringing bias into focus

1. Bringing bias into focus

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About this course

Welcome to Textio's first open-access certification course on interrupting bias in hiring. Most of us are aware that unconscious bias is pervasive in common recruiting and hiring practices. This course helps you and your team rethink legacy processes that can inadvertently perpetuate bias and inequity.   
 

To interrupt bias, we have to start by identifying it in all parts of our hiring funnel. That means scrutinizing everything from how we write job descriptions to the interview questions we use to how we evaluate responses to those questions fairly. 

In less than an hour, go through 3 insight-packed lessons and pass a quick final exam to earn your LinkedIn certification.

Curriculum15 min

  • Lessons
  • Intro: Bringing bias into focus 1 min
  • 1.1 The basics of unconscious bias: Do ducks lay eggs? 3 min
  • 1.2 Building on the basics of unconscious bias 5 min
  • 1.3 Measuring unconscious bias in text 6 min
  • Quiz and reflection
  • Check-in quiz: Bringing bias into focus
  • Up next
  • Next lesson

About this course

Welcome to Textio's first open-access certification course on interrupting bias in hiring. Most of us are aware that unconscious bias is pervasive in common recruiting and hiring practices. This course helps you and your team rethink legacy processes that can inadvertently perpetuate bias and inequity.   
 

To interrupt bias, we have to start by identifying it in all parts of our hiring funnel. That means scrutinizing everything from how we write job descriptions to the interview questions we use to how we evaluate responses to those questions fairly. 

In less than an hour, go through 3 insight-packed lessons and pass a quick final exam to earn your LinkedIn certification.

Curriculum15 min

  • Lessons
  • Intro: Bringing bias into focus 1 min
  • 1.1 The basics of unconscious bias: Do ducks lay eggs? 3 min
  • 1.2 Building on the basics of unconscious bias 5 min
  • 1.3 Measuring unconscious bias in text 6 min
  • Quiz and reflection
  • Check-in quiz: Bringing bias into focus
  • Up next
  • Next lesson