Gender bias in recruitment is the inclination to favor a candidate due to gender prejudice. It's a huge issue in hiring and can sadly affect all stages of the recruitment process

42% of women in the United States say they have faced gender discrimination on the job, including 7% who were denied a job or promotion due to their gender.

Gender bias is especially prominent in STEM fields, where half of the women report facing discrimination in recruitment, hiring, and promotion.

The inequality involves "laying off” female employees because they are pregnant or planning on getting pregnant

A female employee gets a pay cut because she can’t put in as much overtime after just having had a baby, while a male employee cuts back on overtime for personal reasons with no changes to his pay.

Female employees don’t get to add their husbands to their health insurance because it is assumed that the husband has his own healthcare benefits, while male employees can add their wives.

Women are 22% less likely to reach manager level than their male peers, regardless of their qualifications.

There is a wide gap to bridge in hiring process so we won't rest until we see actual results.

Have you had similar experience? How did you deal with it?