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How do I properly filter applicants for low-skill jobs? If I'm hiring for an Amazon warehouse, I'm not going to ask for a resume, and background checks only cat

How do I properly filter applicants for low-skill jobs? If I'm hiring for an Amazon warehouse, I'm not going to ask for a resume, and background checks only catch certain things. How else am I going to know you'll be a good worker in the warehouse other than hiring and seeing how it goes?

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>How do I properly filter applicants for low-skill jobs? You hire anyone with a pulse and fire anyone who's performance is not satisfactory. If you're Amazon's size you implement some sort of system using mostly objective metrics (e.g. a no-show counts as X points but a no call no show counts as Y points and you get fired at Z points) so you can quantify performance then you figure out your churn rate and size your pipeline to compensate.
- conductr 7y ago
  This is all post employment. It’s not a predictive hiring model which is needed but pretty much impossible at this scale. Sounds horrible but it’s like asking for a model to determine which bums will use your charity for food instead of crack.
bluGill 7y ago
More than that, for low skill jobs you don't want strong filters. If someone comes in and says "I was a slacker who never showed up, but now I'm reformed", "I got fired for being drunk at work but I learned my lesson", or "I just got out of prison for some awful crime and want to try honest work": you should hire them just on their word that they are reformed. Of course in all cases their word isn't worth much, but these are the first jobs of those who actually are reformed and you need to keep giving them fifth chances. If we don't slackers, drunks, and criminals need to be supported by society in some other way, which becomes a reward for bad behavior. So for low skill jobs you hire anyone, fire the ones who aren't good workers and promote the rest.

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How do I properly filter applicants for low-skill jobs? If I'm hiring for an Amazon warehouse, I'm not going to ask for a resume, and background checks only cat

by beering 7y ago

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
>How do I properly filter applicants for low-skill jobs? You hire anyone with a pulse and fire anyone who's performance is not satisfactory. If you're Amazon's size you implement some sort of system using mostly objective metrics (e.g. a no-show counts as X points but a no call no show counts as Y points and you get fired at Z points) so you can quantify performance then you figure out your churn rate and size your pipeline to compensate.
- conductr 7y ago
  This is all post employment. It’s not a predictive hiring model which is needed but pretty much impossible at this scale. Sounds horrible but it’s like asking for a model to determine which bums will use your charity for food instead of crack.
bluGill 7y ago
More than that, for low skill jobs you don't want strong filters. If someone comes in and says "I was a slacker who never showed up, but now I'm reformed", "I got fired for being drunk at work but I learned my lesson", or "I just got out of prison for some awful crime and want to try honest work": you should hire them just on their word that they are reformed. Of course in all cases their word isn't worth much, but these are the first jobs of those who actually are reformed and you need to keep giving them fifth chances. If we don't slackers, drunks, and criminals need to be supported by society in some other way, which becomes a reward for bad behavior. So for low skill jobs you hire anyone, fire the ones who aren't good workers and promote the rest.