NDERITU: A surname by any other definition, will still get you judged
To end surname bias in recruitment practice, the UK made the decision to promote “name blind resumes”—which means candidates’ names do not appear on resumes. PHOTO | TEA
I carried out a random survey among 10 of my friends and six of them said they routinely check out the headlines of newspaper articles, then the writers’ name before reading the content.
The surname, in Kenya it seems, remains the cause of suspicion rather than an opportunity for inclusion.
