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Question - why even bother having "box tickers"? When you post a job listing, write a short blurb about the company culture and what the job itself involves. Do

Question - why even bother having "box tickers"? When you post a job listing, write a short blurb about the company culture and what the job itself involves. Don't bother listing "requirements" or "boosters", because the fact of the matter is, people will send resumes which don't meet your "requirements" and in order to put a boost-worthy resume at the top of the pile, you need somebody to read it in the first place to decide whether it deserves to be boosted to the top of the pile, in which case... it was already read in the first place. And that's assuming you even have a stack of resumes in the first place, which in engineering is a reason to put your hands together in silent thanks that you've become successful. The hiring manager should already have an idea what level of experience is needed, what kind of budget exists, and how quickly the hire needs to be made by. Winnowing down from a stack of resumes to an offer is the art of compromising on those three axes. If your job opening can actually legitimately be kept open for that long (i.e. for a year plus, with no consequences), you should probably reassess whether you need to hire for the position in the first place.

Spooky23 8y ago
Because once you run into somebody who decides that your subjective judgement represents illegal discrimination, you’ll wish that a third party checked the boxes you.
- solatic 8y ago
  And it's not evidence of illegal discrimination if you eventually decide to hire somebody who didn't have the "required" level of skills or experience but submitted their resume anyway and you happened to give them an interview anyway but found them much more impressive in person? If anything, it would seem to me that the more you put down on paper, the more legally exposed you are if you don't follow it to the letter. Of course, this doesn't absolve companies whose hiring managers do stupid things in interviews that are almost guaranteed to get their company sued; but that's a concern to be trained against regardless of how discerning your textual job posting is.

Spooky23 8y ago

Because once you run into somebody who decides that your subjective judgement represents illegal discrimination, you’ll wish that a third party checked the boxes you.

solatic 8y ago
And it's not evidence of illegal discrimination if you eventually decide to hire somebody who didn't have the "required" level of skills or experience but submitted their resume anyway and you happened to give them an interview anyway but found them much more impressive in person? If anything, it would seem to me that the more you put down on paper, the more legally exposed you are if you don't follow it to the letter. Of course, this doesn't absolve companies whose hiring managers do stupid things in interviews that are almost guaranteed to get their company sued; but that's a concern to be trained against regardless of how discerning your textual job posting is.