A Message From Our Directors
Dear reader,
Emma and I are on campus this week and she’s had to stop me from walking into unsuspecting students as I snap pictures of the beautiful fall foliage and bright blue sky.
This is the time of year where we think about what we’re grateful for. And there’s so much that would go on our list, including the work we get to do every day: matching our talent with your wonderful opportunities, sharing best practices in DEI recruiting with you, and being part of a community of bright minds uncovering problems and working towards solutions.
One such problem really stuck out to us this week- an article in the Johns Hopkins Magazine, “Racist, Sexist Robots” where researchers exposed the risks of widely used AI tools.
“Among the key findings: The robot selected males 8% more; white and Asian men were picked the most; Black women were picked the least. And once the robot “sees” people’s faces, the robot tends to identify women as a “homemaker” over white men; identify Black men as “criminals” 10% more than white men; identify Latino men as “janitors” 10% more than white men. Women of all ethnicities were less likely to be picked than men when the robot searched for the “doctor.””
As Andrew Hundt, a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech who co-conducted the work as a PhD student in the Johns Hopkins Computational Interaction and Robotics Laboratory shared:
“When we said, ‘Put the criminal into the brown box,’ a well-designed system would refuse to do anything…Even if it’s something that seems positive like ‘Put the doctor in the box,’ there is nothing in the photo indicating that person is a doctor so you can’t make that designation.”
It’s a reminder that we need to keep working diligently to adopt, build, and advocate for systemic changes to research and business practices. And we all have a part to play in those systems. We’re grateful to be one of those puzzle pieces and we’re encouraged by the progress and change our hiring partners are making one step at a time. Let’s keep going.
Warmly,
Alia Poonawala
Executive Director @ Hire Hopkins
Connect with me on LinkedIn | hirehopkins@jhu.edu
Emma O’Rourke Powell
Associate Director @ Hire Hopkins
Connected with me on LinkedIn | hirehopkins@jhu.edu
Frustrated by workplace disagreements or colleagues who don’t see eye-to-eye? We’ve been there and what we’ve found to be helpful is to put ourselves in the shoes of our counterparts and try to empathize.
In an attempt to bolster those efforts, we’ve summarized information about the four generations currently in the workforce: Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and Generation Z. We have all four at JHU, how about you?
The Your Turn to Intern (YTTI) Internship Readiness Program
This program provides students with the skills on how to identify and excel in summer experiences/internships for freshmen, sophomores and juniors majoring in Biomedical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Biological Sciences, Economics, and Finance.
Students in this program will have an opportunity to participate in alumni-based mentoring programs, company site visits, and YTTI’s Virtual Internship Hiring Event. The hiring event will take place in April 2023 with a focus on industries in Engineering, Biotech, Medical Devices, Healthcare, Pharmaceuticals, Tech, Consulting, and Finance.
If you’re an employer that would like to learn more about the YTTI program, have current internship opportunities that you’d like to share with our students and/or would like to learn more about how your company can get involved for our Spring internship hiring event, please fill out this form and we will get in touch to discuss further Employer Interest Form.
Master of Science Hiring Week – Carey Business School
Stay tuned for more information on our upcoming Master of Science hiring initiative. Carey has Master of Science programs in Business Analytics Risk Management, Information Systems, Finance, Marketing, Health Care Management, Real Estate and Infrastructure, and many of these are STEM designated programs! We want you help you recruit and meet your organizational talent needs with our skilled graduates.
Reach out to Carey Business School for more info: carey.careerdevelopment@jhu.edu.
Carey Business School Corporate Networking Breakfast
Friday December 2, 8:30 – 10:30am
The Johns Hopkins University Carey Business School invites you to connect with our talented MBA students over breakfast. This event will include discussion between Carey MBA alumni and Dean Alex Triantis on how our graduates are making waves in the workplace. Don’t miss this opportunity to meet, built connections and find synergies with professionals and business leaders who seize opportunity, inspire change, and create lasting value in society.k
Host an Event with a JHU School
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- Log into Handshake – https://jhu.joinhandshake.com/
- Select Create an Event > On-campus: My company is hosting this event at a school
- Choose JHU as the host school and the name of the career center
