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The Secret Rules for Getting Hired

3 pointsby tleb_over 4 years ago

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brudgersover 4 years ago
Consider a job in sales. The thank-you-note rule makes more sense. In a customer facing job, the mispronunciation test makes sense. In a bureaucracy kept-waiting makes sense. They all limit false positives just like FizzBuzz.<p>From an employer perspective, more candidates than jobs is a common problem. Finding reasons to whittle the stack of resumes is an ordinary solution. But seemingly arbitrary measures often ain&#x27;t. Which-school maintains organizational culture. It gives people something in common outside the work.<p>None of it is necessarily fair.