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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by anonymouskimmer on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:01PM (#34681409)
And how do you replace this text without losing important, non-origin context? What you probably need is an entire re-write. But a re-write, or even a bad text replacement, can make it look like the applicant is better or worse at grammar or writing in general.

This is not as easy a task as a simple text replacement.

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by Manuel_D on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:05PM (#34681476)
The important content is their work history, projects, technical skills, etc. If the rewriting is awkward, it's affecting all candidates uniformly.
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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by anonymouskimmer on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:14PM (#34681617)
A genuine bad rewrite would tend to affect all candidates uniformly (except those who have pre-anonymized their applications, thus gaming the process), but a find-replace is more problematic.
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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by Manuel_D on Monday February 06, 2023 @01:19PM (#34681692)
If that's an issue, the companies could just tell applicants to pre anonymize their resumes to eliminate any potential gaming.
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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by anonymouskimmer on Monday February 06, 2023 @03:56PM (#34684217)
I think it's worthwhile A/B testing your idea.
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