Hiring decisions should be based on merit, yet unconscious biases often influence the candidates that are selected for employment. This can lead to missed opportunities for diverse talent which effects the company’s bottom line and further impacts the credibility and inclusivity of the business. Further, bias in hiring can lead to legal liabilities and reputational harm.
Employment Law Litigation attorney Mila Arutunian shares her experience on how companies can avoid unconscious bias in hiring and recruiting potential employees. Mila will mainly discuss the following topics: how implicit bias affects hiring and employment decisions, types of biases and how they diminish the workplace and strategies for employers to reduce bias in hiring. Additional subjects covered in this CLE: gender bias in STEM hiring, the HP age discrimination class action settlement, the DOJ lawsuit against Facebook alleging U.S. worker discrimination, biased job descriptions, resume screening, self-awareness for leadership, using data-driven insights, using structured interviews & blind resume reviews, training for hiring managers, how to recognize & mitigate implicit biases, the role of leadership in legal organizations and the call to action.
Emilia Arutunian (Mila) is the Director of Antonyan Miranda’s Employment Law Litigation and Personal Injury Relations division. Mila served as the President of the San Diego County Bar Association’s Labor and Employment Section in 2021 and 2022, and has been a Chair of the Lawyers Club of San Diego Life, Law and Parenting Committee consistently from 2021 through the present.