[gender decoder for job ads]

Words are words... and we tend to associate some of them with men and others with women. 

If you are writing a job description or a job ad, you can test out the associations for the words using the new (and free) Gender Decoder for Job Ads:

http://gender-decoder.katmatfield.com/

Note: this is not about whether an ad uses "he/him/his" and "she//her/her" instead of "they/them". It's about words that are typically in English associated with masculinity or femininity.

Read a longer article about this app and more about research done regarding "masculine" and "feminine" words:

Finally, An App That Determines if Your Job Descriptions Are Sexist

Article: https://business.linkedin.com/talent-solutions/blog/2015/07/finally-an-app-that-determines-if-your-job-descriptions-are-sexist