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All these discussion of how hiring is broken. Doesn't this imply an enormous market opportunity for the recruiting agencies or companies that can properly capit
by sopooneo 11y ago
All these discussion of how hiring is broken. Doesn't this imply an enormous market opportunity for the recruiting agencies or companies that can properly capitalize on either undervalued candidates or better knowledge?
- shanemhansen 11y agoRecruiting companies aren't in the business of finding good candidates, they are in the business of finding candidates their clients like. Companies have the same problem the military does. They hire a certain stereotype because they've always hired a certain stereotype and the people in charge match that stereotype. If there's any opportunity for disruption, it would be at tiny companies where there are people that 1) just need talent and 2) know that they process that made them successful is broken.
- jerf 11y agoAlternatively, it implies that there is no solution. You can obviously not make stupid mistakes like taking two months to call a candidate back, but beyond the basic competence there may be an irreducible element of rolling dice. It may be the case that evaluating humans is fundamentally difficult. I'm not advocating for that. I could argue either side of it without any cognitive dissonance. Just pointing out the additional possibility.