The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by graceofs » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 10:41 PM UTC

The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume
wsj.com

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by jaytaylor » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:01 AM UTC

I can't seem to read it without subscribing or signing in..

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by grayfox » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:03 AM UTC

jaytaylor wrote: post #2

I can't seem to read it without subscribing or signing in..

Oddly, if you Google the article name, then click the first link, you can (temporarily) circumvent that pay wall.

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by salmonet » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:03 AM UTC

Resumes, interviews, and referrals disproportionately favor the BSers, conversationalists, and the well-connected. No surprise that employers have buyers remorse. For how much emphasis companies put on hiring, I'm surprised there aren't better ways to identify diamonds in the rough.

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by grayfox » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:05 AM UTC

A dude from Compose here, I'm currently helping out with hiring.

If you'd like to know more about the process described in the article, we've recently blogged about it:

https://www.compose.io/articles/compose-hiring-scaling-to-10...

We have a bunch of postings up right now for those of you who are looking to give something like this a try (you may have seen us looking in the latest Who's Hiring):

https://compose.io/jobs

If you have any questions, I'll be more than happy to answer.

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by paulgayham » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:09 AM UTC

> cloud-storage firm must write a short story about data, spend a day working on a mock project and complete an assignment.

I guess they're selecting for people with free time, and no conception of their value.

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by jaytaylor » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:12 AM UTC

grayfox wrote: post #3

jaytaylor wrote: post #2

I can't seem to read it without subscribing or signing in..

Oddly, if you Google the article name, then click the first link, you can (temporarily) circumvent that pay wall.

Usually that's what I do but it seems that even doing it incognito does not work anymore :s

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by mosquito242 » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:13 AM UTC

grayfox wrote: post #3

jaytaylor wrote: post #2

I can't seem to read it without subscribing or signing in..

Oddly, if you Google the article name, then click the first link, you can (temporarily) circumvent that pay wall.

as a note: if you click the web link above, it'll automatically google the title for you.

Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:14 AM UTC

grayfox wrote: post #3

jaytaylor wrote: post #2

I can't seem to read it without subscribing or signing in..

Oddly, if you Google the article name, then click the first link, you can (temporarily) circumvent that pay wall.

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Re: The Boss Doesn’t Want Your Resume

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Post by kylec » Wed, Jan 06, 2016, 12:19 AM UTC

salmonet wrote: post #4

Resumes, interviews, and referrals disproportionately favor the BSers, conversationalists, and the well-connected. No surprise that employers have buyers remorse. For how much emphasis companies put on hiring, I'm surprised there aren't better ways to identify diamonds in the rough.

Diamonds-in-the-rough are also a tremendous value. It's very cheap to hire someone that can't (or doesn't think that they can) get a job elsewhere. It really is surprising that more effort isn't spent trying to identify and hire them.