Associated with that figure in and of itself is amazing for our International Audience which may not be very familiar with the particular areas of you know in the United States what have white sounding and whatever black sounding names its so you know black sounding names might be Something Like a tyrone you know rashida which is actually more arabic right than than anything else it might be. Right these these kinds of names whereas you know like a white sounding name which is typically more like a you know like a christian name might be it might be emily it might be samantha it might be patricia it might be you know names that you know give the impression that the holder of that name is likely you know a white person or ok well she was just air strikes me as european sounding and i mean it is i mean you dont see the piece positive or a negative rise because you know. I had. I remember i went to an interview where the person when i showed up the person said they were expecting someone
Would just switch the names right the other thing that they would do is they would strokes you know augment the strengths of the quality of the resume right so increase the Quality Institution depth of experience length of experience so on and so forth and what they found was if you have you know. A black you know white sounding name you have your callbacks would be 50 percent higher right on the other thing that they found was you know if you were at a white sounding name as the strength and quality of their resume increased right because we want to talk to the stronger candidates because back when it by 30 percent makes total sense right but if you had a black sounding name as the strength and quality resume went up the callbacks did not go up at all so to speak leave you know 0 no interest level you actually needed the incremental 8 years of experience to overcome this this. Bias associated with that figure in and of itself is amazing but for our International Audience which may not
I [inaudible] clerk this is the regular meeting of the Small Business commission on september 28, 2020. The meeting is being called to order at 5 35 p. M. Members of the public who will be calling in, the number is 4156550001. Again, the number is 4156550001. The access code is 1464160228. Again, thats 1464160228. Press pound twice to listen to the meeting via audio conference and press star, three when you are ready to give Public Comment. Speakers are requested but not required to say their names. Sfgovtv please show the office of Small Business slide. Good afternoon, everyone. In commissioner laguanas place, ill be presiding over todays meeting. Today, well begin with a reminder that the Small Business commission is the official public forum to voice your opinions and concerns about policies that affect the Economic Vitality of Small Businesses in San Francisco. The office of Small Business is the faster place to get answers about doing business in San Francisco during the local eme
Sounding names might be Something Like a tyrone you know rashida which is actually more arabic right than than anything else it might be. He should write these these kinds of names whereas you know like a white sounding name which is typically more like a you know like a christian name might be it might be emily it might be samantha it might be patricia it might be you know names that you know give the impression that the holder of that name is likely you know a white person or ok well she was just air strikes me as european sounding and i mean it is i mean you dont see the piece positive or a negative rise because you know. I had. I remember i went to an interview where the person when i showed up the person said they were expecting someone who is irish right which which was pretty interesting that they would share that with me. You know from the me but in terms of the name you know not so much in terms of you know how people react to you in a room yeah absolutely now you mention that
And we have more jobs data out of the United States as the bureau of labor statistics announced nonfarm payrolls grew by 661000. 00 in september while the Unemployment Rate dropped to 7. 9 percent from 8. 4 percent in august comus had expected gains of as much as 800000. 00 jobs but we missed the mark there now the sectors that gained the most in september included leisure and hospitality retail and health care and social assistance losses came in Government Employment which lost 216000 jobs employment in local and State Government education also fell 5231049000 respectively as many schools remain closed in favor of at Home Learning due to the pandemic now this was the last jobs report before novembers election and it will be introducing to see what happens in october without another stimulus package as we are already seeing tens of thousands of travel and leisure jobs lost in just the last week and with all of this Economic News from the president s diagnosis to a lack of stimulus to