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RobinA

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5. The Hiring Situation

Reply to eridani (Original post)

Fri Mar 4, 2016, 09:35 AM

Mar 2016

needs to become a whole lot more reality-based. Everyone wants a "rock star" but they neither pay rock star wages nor recognize a rock star if one landed in their lap. I have been involved in a few hiring decisions and certainly seen the results of countless others, and the basis for the hires and the non-hires have been ludicrous at best.

Nowadays with all this nonsense about what can you bring to this job that no one else on the planet can, we only hire the best or the best, why do you want to work for our unique company among all the companies out there... It's a job assholes, get over yourselves.

The best hiring would involve a dart board with names and some darts.

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Is Blind Hiring the Best Hiring? [View all] eridani Mar 2016 OP

"Rock star" is always a red flag for me Recursion Mar 2016 #1

+1. bemildred Mar 2016 #2

k & r surrealAmerican Mar 2016 #3

HR is on the cusp of a major change as these data-driven insights are becoming more Brickbat Mar 2016 #4

The Hiring Situation RobinA Mar 2016 #5

"technological fixes for hiring practices" The2ndWheel Mar 2016 #6