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Possibly because it is handholding them through the process. A more mature candidate would not need such direction, and might see it as not a good match for the
by IANAD 10y ago
Possibly because it is handholding them through the process. A more mature candidate would not need such direction, and might see it as not a good match for them.
Also, not to pick, but the owl character that might seem like a good idea to younger candidates, that might respect it for the good design and soft psychological impact, might scare off the mature employees that are there to get the job done and are there to engineer solutions.
Despite these things, I think it looks professional, and the fact is that if you're a startup, you're most likely looking for a younger candidate, because they are cheaper, can be more motivated, and are definitely easier to mold. And yes, if you discriminate, that is illegal in the U.S., at least.
However, at some point, you need to hire more experienced candidates, and this process will need to change to reflect that. I'm a more mature person myself, and would not seek to fill a development team with juniors. I've seen what that can do. It's fine to have interns and juniors, but that shouldn't be the primary talent pool, or you'll end up with serious design problems and lots of poor code. But that can happen with more experienced candidates also- that is why you want good, more experienced candidates to create an environment that fosters growth of incredibly smart juniors.
- ubernostrum 10y agoHowever, at some point, you need to hire more experienced candidates, and this process will need to change to reflect that. It looks fine as-is to me, and within my domain of expertise I'm about as senior a person as is temporally possible to be (I'm pretty sure I know everyone who's more senior than I am). But maybe it's just seeing how this goes out of its way to fix the problems in hiring processes that I've been seeing, and ranting about, for quite a while now.
- IANAD 10y ago> I'm about as senior a person as is temporally possible to be (I'm pretty sure I know everyone who's more senior than I am). I'm just speaking as a representative of the mid-40's crowd who laments the highlighted startups focusing on sheen over substance, because the sheen gets the VC's money and the juniors hired, when what is needed is a solid business plan and good platform/solution. > But maybe it's just seeing how this goes out of its way to fix the problems in hiring processes that I've been seeing, and ranting about, for quite a while now. If your rant is that companies should clearly reflect who they are and who they are looking for in their advertisement, if they can do so without sabotaging their chances at hiring better people that can help fix things, then yes, I agree. If you think that every company needs to introduce handholding and cartoon characters into its HR/recruiting process, then I'd only agree with that depending on the type of person you are trying to recruit, and would caution that might not be appropriate for someone my age.
- pmiller2 10y agoHow does a little transparency equal hand holding? I'm completely missing what you're seeing.
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