Posts Tagged:Gender Neutral Job Postings

gender neutral adjectives guide

The Guide to Gender Neutral Adjectives [a list of 190]

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

Why should you use gender neutral adjectives? Did you know they affect people’s behavior (e.g., in everyday language, interview questions, job ads, etc.)? Therefore, using them helps you avoid words that might be interpreted as biased, discriminating, or degrading.  So, here’s a comprehensive list of gender neutral adjectives to help you create more balanced job… Read more »

gender neutral job descriptions

How to Create Gender Neutral Job Descriptions: 9 Helpful Tools

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

Companies with gender diversity outperform companies that aren’t by 15%. So, if you want a gender-diverse workforce (and the benefits that come with it), a great first step is creating gender neutral job descriptions.    The benefits of gender diversity extend far beyond the financial advantages. Did you know that a mix of different perspectives… Read more »

gender writing analysis tools

10 Simple Tools for Gender Writing Analysis (2024)

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

Do you write job descriptions, send emails, or create social media posts to reach potential applicants? Then, you might need to use tools for gender writing analysis. These types of tools can ensure your content is inclusive and also unbiased. An Appcast study of 473,742 jobs found: “Job ads with gender-neutral language result in 67.75%… Read more »

gender identity terms

20 Gender Identity Terms You Should Know

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

The conversation around gender identity is evolving in general and at work. It’s a complex and delicate subject with a lot of diverse terms. Because of this, mistakes happen. For example, if refer to a colleague with a pronoun they don’t use that could cause problems in the workplace. In this article, we’ll explain the… Read more »

how to write a gender neutral job description

How to Write a Gender Neutral Job Description [3 Tips]

Posted by & filed under Job Descriptions.

Research shows removing all gender-coded words from your job descriptions boosts apply rates by 29% and decreases cost per application by 41% (source — Appcast). These findings might make you curious about how to write a gender neutral job description. In this post, I’ll dig into 3 tips for writing gender neutral JDs. But first,… Read more »

3 Tools for Eliminating Sexist Language in Job Ads

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

Using sexist language in your job ads might keep women or people from the LGBTQ+ community from applying. These 3 tools highlight sexist language in your job ads…and give options for replacements, so you can be more inclusive. The best part, while they find sexist language (or other biased words), they also help you craft… Read more »

How Does Jeff Bezos Score Writing His First Amazon Job Ad?

Posted by & filed under Job Ads.

Early Amazon employee Glenn Fleishman told Internet History Podcast that Amazon had a hard time hiring developers in its early days. We decided to run Amazon’s first known job posting (from August 22, 1994) through Ongig’s Text Analyzer software to see how his job description text scores using today’s best technology. Ongig’s Text Analyzer is… Read more »

Gender Neutral Job Titles Cover

Gender-Neutral Suggestions for the Top 25 Job Titles That Still Use the Word “Man”

Posted by & filed under Diversity and Inclusion.

Many of us are talking about gender-neutral job descriptions these days. But how about gender-neutral job TITLES? Gender-biased job titles are so prevalent that Ongig now offers a  job title bias checker in our Text Analyzer software. After all, if you show gender bias in the job title, a candidate might not even read the rest of… Read more »