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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by intended on Sunday February 09, 2025 @11:30AM (#42991659)
Why pass over any white candidates?

You have more spots than you have qualified candidates. Even if you take your second band candidates, its still short the number you need.

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by lazide on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @12:07AM (#43009190)
Because if your hiring numbers (and workforce composition) don’t line up with what the gov’t expects (applies even more to the gov’t itself) then as a hiring manager you’re in deep shit.

Straight from the president up until Trump (for many administrations), affirmative action is required.

And what the gov’t expects is that your workforce composition aligns with the population as a whole, percentage wise.

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Re:The Full Story of the FAA's Hiring Scandal by intended on Friday February 14, 2025 @12:34PM (#43050766)
Again that doesnt make sense.

You have 100 open positions.

You filled 50.

You left the other 50 spots open so that you could have the right composition amongst HALF of the required workforce?

Heck, if you hire everyone, you solve this problem completely.

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