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> Seems like a constant gripe about talent shortages but then conflicting stories about how to filter an overwhelming supply of talent. > I'm honestly curious
by theevilsharpie 7y ago
> Seems like a constant gripe about talent shortages but then conflicting stories about how to filter an overwhelming supply of talent.
> I'm honestly curious how both can be true.
There's an overwhelming number of applicants. That says nothing about their qualifications.
I don't know what Big Tech's numbers look like, but when I did hiring, the percentage of applicants that were even remotely qualified was usually in the single digits.
- rapind 7y agoSounds like an education/ training problem then?
- ThrowawayR2 7y agoThere's a certain amount of innate talent involved in any profession, so additional training and education is unlikely to help. No amount of education or training would ever turn me into a professionally successful artist, for example.
- tonyedgecombe 7y agoPerhaps there is just a small group of people who apply for every job and are continually rejected. Whereas most good people aren't really applying for any jobs or very few.
- vonmoltke 7y ago> There's an overwhelming number of applicants. That says nothing about their qualifications. People explain away Google's high false negative rate, and desire to not do anything about it, by claiming they receive such large numbers of qualified applicants that it isn't worth caring about false negatives. How does that narrative jibe with the "talent shortage" or what you stated here?