Canadian Qualifications: Names and Asian-Named Applicants

canadian qualifications: Carlos Osorio / Toronto Star file photo By Nicholas Keung Immigration reporter Wed., Jan. 25, 2017 Job candidates with Asian names and Canadian qualifications are less likely to be called for interviews than their counterparts with Anglo-Canadian names even when they have a better education, a new study has found, according to Toronto Star. Using data from a recent large-scale Canadian employment study that examined interview callback rates for resum s with Asian and Anglo names, researchers found Asian-named applicants consistently received fewer calls regardless of the size of the companies involved. AARON HARRIS / TORONTO STAR FILE PHOTO Jeffrey Reitz, a sociology professor at the University of Toronto and co-author of the new study, said the findings call for the adoption of what's known as an anonymized resum review process, which codes candidates without identifying them by name. Although a master's degree can improve Asian candidates' chances of being called, it does not close the gap and their prospects don't even measure up to those of Anglo applicants with undergraduate qualifications. The disadvantage of an Asian name is less in the large organizations, although it has not disappeared, said the joint study by the University of Toronto and Ryerson University, titled Do Large Employers Treat Racial Minorities More Fairly It will be released Wednesday at a forum at U of T's Munk School of Global Affairs. Compared to applicants with Anglo names, Asian-named applicants with all-Canadian qualifications had 20.1 per cent fewer calls from organizations with 500 or more employees, and 39.4 per cent and 37.1 per cent fewer calls, respectively, from medium-sized and small employers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.