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Leaving aside whether or not this is a valid way to attract top people, my suggestion is to rebrand the name - "cull" has too negative a connotation ("cull the
by corry 14y ago
Leaving aside whether or not this is a valid way to attract top people, my suggestion is to rebrand the name - "cull" has too negative a connotation ("cull the herd").
So #1, I'm part of "the herd", and #2 this tool is being used to possibly cull me. Great. No thanks, I'll spend my time applying to a place that doesn't have a tool dedicated to weeding me out. It doesn't portray the hiring org or your tool very well.
I'd be afraid that you're turning off devs right away, before they even get to the site (which has the potential to turn them off even more). My $0.02
- ksat 14y agoThanks, I never thought of it that way. Will check.
- dotjinks 14y agoCull is perfect from HR's point of view and speaks to the heart of the problem they are having trying to find viable candidates in a sea of resumes.
- corry 14y agoYes, it speaks to HR's problem - but in a way that jeopardizes their objective (i.e. hiring good people). Quality devs are in short supply already... explicitly saying that you're treating them like cattle is not going to result in better outcomes. If good devs don't participate = this is worse than a regular process. In my experience, devs want to feel wanted / valued / pursued, not like commodities that need to be filtered. /your experience may vary