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Re:Cost Cutting Algorithms Are Making Your Job Search a Livi... by TheOperator on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:59PM (#22311009)
Which would imply that people with "average ideal" resumes are overpriced and you can get a steal on people who, for instance, are unusually qualified in specific ways but lack some common HR filter like a bachelor's.

Or the algorithms are actually accurate and people who aren't "average ideal" candidates are lousy hires on average.

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Re:Cost Cutting Algorithms Are Making Your Job Search a Livi... by monsieurgaufre on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @01:09PM (#22311104)
This imply that cost-cutting measures have not been applied to these algorithms, which they probably were. This also imply that algorithms are accurate.
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Re:Cost Cutting Algorithms Are Making Your Job Search a Livi... by quotemstr on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @03:52PM (#22312678)
Right. This is a problem that the market solves on its own. Anyone who doesn't want an efficient market is, by definition, a rent seeker. Rent seeking makes us all worse off.
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