Re:Apple releases diversity numbers
by sliverstorm on Tuesday August 12, 2014 @02:24PM
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blaming the pipeline does not help actually solve the problem.
Sure, but if the hiring process is unbiased, the problem exists elsewhere, so the hiring process cannot be "fixed".
The only thing that could be done at the hiring point is "overcompensate" by hiring many inferior/poorly qualified applicants simply because they are female.
Certainly companies hire "token" minorities purely for PR purposes, but generally speaking it seems unrealistic to expect a large company to routinely pick inferior candidates for the bulk of its workforce.
Sure, but if the hiring process is unbiased, the problem exists elsewhere, so the hiring process cannot be "fixed".
The only thing that could be done at the hiring point is "overcompensate" by hiring many inferior/poorly qualified applicants simply because they are female.
Certainly companies hire "token" minorities purely for PR purposes, but generally speaking it seems unrealistic to expect a large company to routinely pick inferior candidates for the bulk of its workforce.