Recruitment
The job posting
When we work with unbiased language, it's because studies show that we humans are full of preconceptions, biases and unconscious expectations. Our biases are with us for better or worse. Over time, our bias becomes a tool we use to reach a conclusion or action faster. It can also make it difficult to see alternatives when recruiting new employees, for example. Increased awareness of bias is therefore important in the debate on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Some job advertisements become exclusionary on various parameters without an organisation necessarily considering the consequences. Other words are necessary because the position actually requires specific experience, for example. The important thing is to be clear about the effect each word has on different target groups and, as far as possible, open up your language enough to be unbiased. This can lead to the applicant field also opening up enough for the organisation to be pleasantly surprised.
At the same time, it's also about being precise enough in your communication and actually asking for the most important qualifications so you don't waste the candidate's and your own time on something that is not a match.
The following phrases and words should be used in job adverts as a starting point. The most important thing is to be mindful and consider the context when formulating. Are you excluding profiles you want to hear from? Or are there profiles that you're not capturing?