

Melissa Dobbins
Aug 6, 20186 min read
Time to Hire Sucks! Let's Fix It!
Worse still, an unnecessarily long hiring process can seriously damage your chances of hiring the best person for the job...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jul 30, 20183 min read
It’s a culture of “inclusion”, NOT “tolerance” – two tales from a pregnant woman
I have been pregnant while working – twice. In each case I managed a team of product managers in a ‘small-to-mid sized’ software company....
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Melissa Dobbins
Jul 16, 20183 min read
Get your bias off my novel!
Everyone needs an escape, sometimes daily, sometimes yearly – but something they can do to recharge from all the pressures and demands of...
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Jul 12, 20181 min read
Career.Place Offers Solution to Charities for Free
Charities can now find qualified volunteers using career.place’s hiring solution Career.Place, removing bias one hire at a time,...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jul 10, 20183 min read
Is your hiring process open to those with disabilities?
Think about your current hiring process - from application to interview to offer. Maybe you’ve built in some timed assessments to put...
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Matthew Borneman
Jun 26, 20183 min read
Focusing on Soft Skills to Promote Hiring Diversity
Confession time: I’m grumpy.(1) Now, I come by it naturally. My dad is also grumpy.(2) Which makes our conversations pretty funny when we...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 18, 20182 min read
Cartoons with my kids: ponies, superheroes, genies, and Bias
As a parent of young girls, I watch a wide variety of colorful, educational, silly, and sometimes painful children’s television shows. I...
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Alexandra Desmond
Jun 11, 20183 min read
Contrary to common belief, Affirmative Action is NOT about quotas
It all started with a dream…. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 7, 20181 min read
The Voice of Job Seekers Podcast: CEO Melissa Dobbins talks about removing bias from the hiring proc
Listen as Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, gives her perspective on the hiring process and how Bias, which can easily be removed, is...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 5, 20181 min read
HRLatte Podcast: CEO Melissa Dobbins talks about bias in the workplace
Listen to Melissa Dobbins share her perspective on bias and why it needs to be removed from the hiring process on HR Latte. #Bias #NoBias...
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Melissa Dobbins
Jun 4, 20185 min read
Hiring Biases leaves great potential untapped. Would you have hired Steve Jobs?
Imagine moving to a foreign country, with little notice, and were told that you would have to get a job in three months. What, and more...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 30, 20182 min read
Our Definition of Diversity
Early in my career I had the amazing experience of bringing valuable diversity to a team. I joined an all-male team of analysts focused...
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Melissa Dobbins
May 29, 20181 min read
CEO Dobbins' DisruptHR Presentation
Melissa Dobbins, CEO of Career.Place, gives her five (5) minute presentation on how Bias breaks the HR hiring practices and how easy it...
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Matthew Borneman
May 4, 20183 min read
Aren’t You A Little Short for a Stormtrooper?
Additionally, this relationship is particularly strong for sales positions(1) – there is a substantial relationship between height and...
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May 1, 20182 min read
Career.Place Wins Stevie Awards in Three Different Categories
Career.Place is turning heads and getting the recognition it deserves in changing the hiring process Career.Place, removing bias one hire...
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 23, 20182 min read
How me should I be?
As the founder and CEO of career.place, I introduce myself a lot. It's not just my name and position anymore - people want to know more, ...
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Matthew Borneman
Apr 17, 20182 min read
How an Individual's Name Leads to Bias in Hiring
Because different questions are asked, based on an individual’s name, a clear case of Bias has been introduced into the hiring process...
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Melissa Dobbins
Apr 9, 20185 min read
Applying for a job should not be easier than ordering socks online
Excessively long or demanding application processes can put candidates off. But one that’s involves nothing at all can be just as bad.
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Apr 9, 20181 min read
DisruptHR NY to be Disrupted by Career.Place CEO
CEO chosen to speak at DisruptHR about Bias in the hiring process Career.Place, removing bias one hire at a time, announced today that...
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