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Hiring… Everything wrong with the current approach (A Dating Analogy)

yitch
3 min readMay 31, 2020

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Roughly 1 in 3 marriages end up in divorce. 64% favor job hopping .

Seeking romance and seeking employment are very similar in nature. Perhaps it’s time to revisit how we find our one true love both in a spouse and in an employer

First impressions —( Profile versus Resume)

This was literally the first Heidi resume I found on Google (https://www.slideshare.net/HeidiPitman/heidis-resume-2017-72381208)

Unless you’re into face reading, the chance of knowing a person through a profile or a resume is close to zilch

Digital Exchange — (In app chat v email)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Tinder/comments/7rk3lq/i_hate_these_kinds_of_conversations/ + https://www.bettercloud.com/monitor/the-academy/forward-vs-forward-function-gmail/

You could replace yourself with a bot

Face to Face — (Going on a date v Interview)

https://www.quora.com/Is-it-logical-to-say-that-if-one-does-not-want-to-have-sex-one-shouldnt-go-out-on-dates + https://www.monster.com/career-advice/article/questions-candidates-should-ask-in-job-interview

Meeting once for an hour helps you determine your life partner

Getting 1 hour input from neutral parties — (Meeting friends v panel)

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yitch
yitch

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