Silicon Valley Bank is thinking about removing names from résumés to prevent unconscious bias against job candidates

Silicon Valley Bank, a bank that offers a range of financial services tailored towards technology and life science businesses, is considering whether to remove names from job candidates' résumés in a bid to prevent unconscious bias from its recruiters. The bank has already undergone unconscious bias training globally, which involves exercises including splitting into groups and assessing the merits of four differentrésumés, only to return to find they belonged to the same candidate — just ...