preferential hiring
Priority in employment
Preferential hiring is the practice of favoring certain candidates in employment decisions, typically to increase representation of historically underrepresented groups.
The term often appears in debates about affirmative action and workplace diversity: The company's preferential hiring policy aimed to address gender imbalance in technical roles.
Critics use it to suggest unfairness to other applicants.
- recruitmentSeeking new personnel
- quota systemsNumerical limits by category
- protected classCategory with anti-discrimination shields
- fairnessJust and equal treatment
- reverse discriminationPrejudice favoring minorities over majorities
anti-discrimination laws · inclusion · multiculturalism · systemic inequality · marginalized groups · glass ceiling · social reform · equity · proportional representation · empowerment · legal precedent · intersectionality · regulatory oversight · labor rights · workplace ethics · tension · talent acquisition · job candidate
preferential hiringequal treatment
Uniform handling regardless of identity
non-discrimination · blind hiring · fair treatment · equal opportunity · random selection
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