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by ViViDboarder 1933 days ago
Just a note that it’s useful to think about what merit criteria you have and what really matters for your job. There’s a lot of room for biases to sneak in under the guise of an objective measure.

For example, looking for only people who graduated from a certain tier of school limits you by adopting whatever discriminatory practices that those schools have adopted. Or looking for people with a particular experience that is rarely afforded to a particular class of people.

Instead, by working identify the merits that actually result in high performance and then working to evaluate those in an interview can get you better and more diverse employees.