Midyear State of the Craft Brewing Industry & More from the Brewers Association

From the Brewers Association:

Brewers Association’s latest DEI release: Examining Unconscious Bias

Reaching out to share an update from Dr. J, equity and inclusion partner at Brewers Association (BA). She recently wrote about hiring biases that contribute to the current lack of diversity in the craft brewing industry.

You can read it here — Some key takeaways:

• Dr. J recommends using a hiring kit as a resource for preparation, training, and tools for organizations.
• Five lesser-known hiring biases have risen to the top of her radar after working with craft brewers for years: affinity bias, the halo effect, confirmation bias, anchoring bias, and consensus bias.
• Dr. J lists several strategies to reduce the influence of these biases like removing identifying information from applications, work-sample tests, creating a weighted rubric, and more.