Experimentation of the anonymous CV

Policy Response DateNovember 3, 2009 Country: France General Type: Discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia, Anti-semitism, Islamophobia, Afrophobia, Arabophobia, Religious intolerance
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Muslims, Ethnic minorities Key socio-economic/institutional areas: Employment - labour market Hate speech/Racist Discourse Medium: Internet

On the November 3rd 2009, the Ministry for Labour, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the City launched the experimentation of the anonymous curriculum vitae in seven regions. These curriculum vitae should not contain any information that could motivate discrimination. Thus, the name, the first name, the age, the sex, the date and place of birth, the nationality and photography of the candidate don't appear on the Curriculum Vitae. It may allow a selection of candidates only based on professional experience and may avoid the discrimination of a candidate based on other criteria.

Source: Ministry for Labour, Social Relations, Family, Solidarity and the City, http://www.travail-emploi-sante.gouv.fr/actualite-presse,42/breves,409/actualite-presse,42/discours,44/operation-sur-le-cv-anonyme,10699.html