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People are filtered all the time for BS reasons, e.g. there's a fairly well-known "I only hire lucky people" filter where a random half of the application pile
by Jach 11y ago
People are filtered all the time for BS reasons, e.g. there's a fairly well-known "I only hire lucky people" filter where a random half of the application pile is tossed out without a glance.
- DanBC 11y agoThat "I only hire lucky people" is clearly parody. Noone actually does that in real life. I agree that many of the filters that people use are bullshit.
- Jach 11y agoFair enough. Though I still can't help but think there have been people out there who read the fable and then said, "That's a good idea, I'm going to try it." (You've most likely also read https://web.archive.org/web/20120501193533/http://raganwald.posterous.com/i-dont-hire-unlucky-people https://web.archive.org/web/20120501193533/http://raganwald.... too, a point in which is that other BS filters act just like the toss-half one in that they aren't really useful when your qualified applicant proportion is small.)
- coldtea 11y ago>Noone actually does that in real life You'd be surprised. Might not be so explicit, but randomness (ie luck) plays a huge role in filtering process.
- mcv 11y agoYou might be throwing out the lucky ones if your company is a bad place to work.