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Maybe the value of differentiating potential employees is worth it overall.

• Jtsummers 6y ago
  Maybe for the businesses, I'm skeptical that this is a positive for society and the economy overall.
• ClumsyPilot 6y ago
  Size of their feet differentiates them too. How is it actually usefull?
  • minitoar 6y ago
    If that’s a useful differentiator then people would probably use it. Maybe you’re trying to imply that whether or not a candidate has a certain credential is not useful as a differentiator?
    • ClumsyPilot 6y ago
      Would they? We don't use IQ or neuroticism, are they useless? We have solid proof that attractive sociopaths get ahead more, is that usefull? Maybe we should not pretend that hiring is this optimally tuned machine that knows exactly whats needed
  • Jtsummers 6y ago
    To expand on your point, it's the arbitrary and superfluous nature of this requirement. If I were hiring pilots, to go with the physical quality example, I would discriminate on height. You can be too short to operate an aircraft, and you can be too tall or too big to fit in some aircraft (I knew a helicopter pilot who only flew helicopters because he couldn't, physically, fit in fighter aircraft which had been his dream job). But if I were running an airline, I wouldn't use this as a discriminator on all my employees, only the ones that it made sense for. Degrees ought to be treated similarly in white collar jobs.