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It surprises me that so many firms still resort to arbitrary credential-based requirements rather than looking at something such as, say, solutions to a series
by ozanonay 18y ago
It surprises me that so many firms still resort to arbitrary credential-based requirements rather than looking at something such as, say, solutions to a series of problems.
I guess it just means that the most creative HR departments are going to net the most appropriate candidates.
- nazgulnarsil 18y agowe've been brainwashed to reject the obvious and simple solution. merit-based hiring. have them give examples of the kind of work you'd have them doing at your company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meritocracy colleges are a form of prestige monopoly.
- gaius 18y agoNot really. In most organizations the quality of the HR function is unrelated to the quality of the engineering.
- helveticaman 18y agoI think people use degrees as a proxy for intelligence, because they aren't allowed to discriminate based on intelligence.
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