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Re:America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste by flukus on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @06:06PM (#19101087)
> then you’re missing a lot of intelligent people and accepting a lot of less intelligent people in your overrepresented group.

This is true even if intelligence isn't evenly distributed.

> Any company that is struggling with hiring should take notice.

I wouldn't rely on companies to solve it, equality of opportunity needs to start much earlier.

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Re:America Lets Too Much Young Talent Go to Waste by _hardwaregeek on Wednesday February 06, 2019 @07:56PM (#19101928)
> I wouldn't rely on companies to solve it, equality of opportunity needs to start much earlier.

Completely agree. However, I’m amazed that otherwise profit oriented companies wouldn’t think to explore alternative recruitment channels (even if they take time)

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