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Mike Alfred
@mikealfred
The question is whether people outside of a company's mold get considered at all. It's never a true apples to apples comparison of skills or abilities because most people never get through the initial unconscious filtering process. That's the point.
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Jesse Powell
@jespow
Yeah, so maybe most job applications are missing important questions like, "how heavy was the weight that you carried during the race to this point?" I don't think you need to know gender/ethnicity if you can ask other questions that could give credit for those experiences.
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Mike Alfred
@mikealfred
Maybe. It's an interesting direction. I don't think we need to give people credit for previous hardships, although they may be a sign of grit and tenacity. Rather, I'm simply pointing out that most people don't survive the initial filtering bias. So steps to counteract may help.
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