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Where's the evidence that there is a better alternative? I was slightly perturbed by the original author as she offered no real solution.
by mbesto 12y ago
Where's the evidence that there is a better alternative?
I was slightly perturbed by the original author as she offered no real solution.
- dragonwriter 12y ago> Where's the evidence that there is a better alternative? Where's the evidence that resumes are better than random selection among applicants into the next round, much less enough better to be a net positive given the resources that go into reviewing them?
- mbesto 12y agoHuh? I think you're confusing the concept of "top of the funnel". Are you suggesting that I randomly select people to interview from a pile of resumes? What if I get a marketing person who has no software experience in the pile for a software developer job?
- eli_gottlieb 12y ago>Are you suggesting that I randomly select people to interview from a pile of resumes? What if I get a marketing person who has no software experience in the pile for a software developer job? Well, yeah. If you don't have any better metric, the best result comes from filtering out everyone who just blatantly submitted a resume for the wrong job entirely, and then selecting from the remaining pool at random.
- DanBC 12y agodragonwriter suggested "don't use resumes, just seldect at random". You're suggesting "use resumes, then select randomly". You appear to be agreeing with mbesto.
- dragonwriter 12y agoI am not suggesting anything, I am asking where the evidence is that the practice of asking for and reviewing résumés has positive expected meet utility as a filtering mechanism, and your responses suggest to me that for you that practice is not evidence based but based in unchallenged intuition.
- itsdrewmiller 12y agoShe did suggest an idea - asking for a clear explanation of a project, as a sort of writing sample.
- itsdrewmiller 12y agoIt's definitely not a solution for an employer who is just like scraping resumes off of Monster or something, but it's not much different from the uncontroversial practice of asking for a cover letter.
- mbesto 12y agoBut that's on the applicant's side of the equation. How is that a solution for the employer?