How to Strengthen Your Hiring by Recognizing Your Unconscious Biases

We've heard this advice when it comes to everything from what you should order at a new restaurant to who you should marry. But as you might imagine, some decisions are better not left to the gut. That's where technology comes in. Hiring managers, company executives and everyone else in an organization benefit when decisions are informed by data. Christy Pettey at Gartner, however, cautions that there is a balance: Decision-makers must allow technology to complement, rather than replace, gut feelings and natural tendencies.