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If your resume indicates that your pronouns are “they/them”, then you might be hurting your chances of finding a job, according to a new study.
According to a new study from Business.com, “job-seekers with nonbinary gender pronouns on their resumes are less likely to be contacted by employers.”
The study, which was conducted in three phases, found that:
-More than 80 percent of nonbinary people believed that identifying as nonbinary would hurt their job search.
-The test resume with nonbinary pronouns received less interest and fewer interview invitations.
-Managers were also less likely to want to contact an applicant whose resume included “they/them” pronouns.
Speaking to CNBC, Ryan McGonagill, who conducted the study, said that the results indicate that most industries aren’t proportionally representative of the country’s population makeup.
“We clearly have more work to do on several fronts. Over the past 10 years, DEIB efforts have been prioritized by many companies; however, the results of this study and past research show that teams in most industries aren’t proportionately representative of the U.S. population. And worse, many people (like the nonbinary individuals we spoke with in our research) feel like they don’t belong,” McGonagill said.
Data suggests that there are currently 1.2 million people living in the United States of America the identify as “gender nonbinary.” Non-binary is an umbrella term for gender identities that are not solely male or female.
Of the gender non-binary identifying people currently in the workforce, 51% of them say it has had a “very or somewhat negative effect” on their careers and 41% of them reported that their nonbinary identity has had a neutral effect on their careers. Furthermore, 8% said it has had a “very or somewhat positive” effect on their careers.