On empathetic hiring
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 1:29 pmI came across this article by programming whiz and Wall St guru Brooke Allen about his hiring process: http://brookeallen.com/pages/archives/1234
I have not found a better article summarizing the best part about the computer science community--an abundance of good will. He says that the best thing he did in his professional career was to ask himself the question: "What do I owe the people I don't hire?"
In short, he turned the application system on its head, broadly accepting applications and trying to have them select themselves out. From there, he built an ad-hoc community of the applicants around the skills for the application, and in essence turned every job opening into a chance to build his network.
I thought of this forum when I read this. And, sure enough, he published his idea in ScienceCareers in 2007! http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/ca ... t.a0700163
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I have not found a better article summarizing the best part about the computer science community--an abundance of good will. He says that the best thing he did in his professional career was to ask himself the question: "What do I owe the people I don't hire?"
In short, he turned the application system on its head, broadly accepting applications and trying to have them select themselves out. From there, he built an ad-hoc community of the applicants around the skills for the application, and in essence turned every job opening into a chance to build his network.
I thought of this forum when I read this. And, sure enough, he published his idea in ScienceCareers in 2007! http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/ca ... t.a0700163
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