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Why Asking for Salary History Hurts Your Hiring
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why asking candidates for their salary history is a flawed practice that perpetuates pay inequity and limits your talent pool. They dive into the research showing that salary history questions anchor offers to past biases rather than market value, and discuss how companies that have banned the practice — including a case study of a tech firm that saw a 15 percent increase in female hires after dropping the question — have improved diversity and hiring efficiency. Lucas breaks down the economic logic: when you ask about…
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