The global provider of workforce solutions found that 39% of UK hiring managers have not received unconscious bias training as part of the recruitment process in their current company.

This is despite the largest number of respondents (26%) thinking that having regular training would be the most effective way to eliminate unconscious bias as part of the recruitment process, followed by 17% who think that removing age from CVs would have the biggest impact.

The research also revealed that two years since David Cameron, then prime minister, launched a pledge to tackle discrimination by recruiting on a ‘name blind’ basis, over half (65%) of UK organisations are still not using blind CVs.

Market research company Opinion Matters surveyed 504 hiring managers in companies based in the UK on behalf of Adecco.

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