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All looks very reasonable; but I have some partial doubts on the #3, Improve Job Descriptions, more specifically on picking words that women prefer to see. It m
by xixi77 11y ago
All looks very reasonable; but I have some partial doubts on the #3, Improve Job Descriptions, more specifically on picking words that women prefer to see. It may be the case that women on average prefer job descriptions mentioning (quoting the link) "sociable" and "responsible" to "independent" and "analytical", but these are not entirely meaningless characteristics. There definitely are people, both men and women, who would be turned off by the former and attracted by the latter, and perhaps they would have been a better fit for the job, given the original description?
- collyw 11y agoMost of the ads I see want specific tech skills. If men or women don't have those they are not going to apply.
- xixi77 11y agoWell, actually my anecdotal experience kinda aligns with what the article says in that part: I know a few people -- all of them women -- who would look at an ad saying "X,Y,Z,and T", and say "sure I am comfortable with X, Y and T, but I don't know much Z, so it's clearly not for me".