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> but about half are below average > I'd say I see about one good recruiter for every 20 spammers These two seem contradictory, but the second statement stri
by d23 13y ago
> but about half are below average
> I'd say I see about one good recruiter for every 20 spammers
These two seem contradictory, but the second statement strikes me as much more true than the first. Recruiters in this industry seem to be more parasitic and less knowledgeable than even real estate agents, and I say that with great hesitation. Any job where the attracting principle is "ooh money, and I don't even need to know anything!" is probably not usually a service that's worth a damn.
- larksimian 13y agoStatement 1 is tautologically true.
- aaronem 13y agoNo. Consider the sequence (2, 2, 2, 10).
- pyduan 13y agoThe "average" is not a technical term in statistics. It's a shortcut in everyday speak for some measure of centrality. What you're referring to is (probably) the arithmetic mean, but the average can be any other measure (for example, when you talk about "average speed" you're not using the arithmetic mean, but the geometric one), including the median. Also, in this case the mean and the median are probably close to the same thing since recruiter skill is likely to be normally distributed, but that's a different story. </nitpick>
- rogerbinns 13y agoI make it clear I am only interested in small companies and startups (and detail why). Consequently a good recruiter for a medium/large company won't contact me at all. OTOH the spammers depend on volume.