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posted by janrinok on Monday January 17 2022, @08:12PM   Printer-friendly

It's time to ditch the CV: Why tech recruiters are changing how they hire:

More than half of recruiters are open to the idea of eliminating CVs from the hiring process in favour of an increase in skills-based assessments.

That's according to a survey conducted by developer hiring platform CodinGame and technical interview platform CoderPad, which found that recruiters are increasingly wary of the limitations of resumes and other traditional hiring techniques when trying to identify skilled candidates.

The survey argued that removing CVs from the hiring process would help open up the talent pool and make recruitment more diverse. Two-thirds (66%) of technology recruiters said bias is an issue in hiring, with resumes regarded as "a major contributory factor".

[...] Amanda Richardson, CEO of CoderPad, believes the hiring system is broken. "Part of what we're seeing is there are still companies that not only demand a computer science degree, they demand a computer science degree from one of five schools, or someone who's worked at one of five companies," Richardson tells ZDNet.

"No matter how you cut it...there just aren't that many bodies coming into the workforce. The opportunity to be smart about how you're recruiting, looking for skills and walking away from some of those traditional steps, is really a huge culture shift."

The argument for skills-based assessment tools centres on the idea that they remove bias in hiring by allowing employers to determine a candidate's suitability based on their performance alone, as opposed to any information contained within the candidate's CV that could influence a hiring manager's employment decisions.

Thanks to growing interest in coding and the proliferation of coding bootcamps, a computer science degree is no longer a prerequisite for a career in software development. That said, having a formal qualification certainly helps, and a number of major technology firms still insist on their employees having a fundamental grasp of programming theory.

"Both Stanford and MIT teach a class called 'How to Pass the Technical Interview' for credit," says Richardson.

"There's something broken in the world when you're taking a class on how to get the job at arguably the most highly qualified specialized schools in the country."

The good news is that, with technology jobs becoming increasingly platform-based, more companies are willing to hire candidates who can show aptitude in software tools, programming languages and frameworks used by the business.


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  • (Score: 2) by Joe Desertrat on Wednesday January 19 2022, @12:22AM (3 children)

    by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Wednesday January 19 2022, @12:22AM (#1213726)

    Tech hiring, and hiring generally, has been a mess for decades.

    It used to be that one could join a company at the bottom and work their way up eventually to a pretty good position, depending on one's ability to learn and desire to work at it. Companies were glad to provide training and help with additional schooling, as it would make the employees more valuable.
    At some point (in the 80's?) companies in general came to hate this, as longevity in a company for an employee means they accrue increased benefits. It became more financially viable, particularly in fields that were exhibiting growth, to hire from the glut of college graduates attracted to that growth. Never mind that they did not have the experience and ability to do the job as well as established employees, they were cheaper. Employees quickly learned that their skills would be more valued at another company, so they started jumping ship at any opportunity to a place where they, in turn, would not have the experience and ability of established employees.
    Getting hired became more about the ability to make the proper impression, but good luck figuring out just what that is in any given circumstance.

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by bzipitidoo on Wednesday January 19 2022, @07:27PM (2 children)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Wednesday January 19 2022, @07:27PM (#1213908) Journal

    Yes, history is good for perspective. I think employment reflects the circumstances of the moment. We've been coming off the high of our WWII victory. The 1950s was a golden age for the US, with lots of work to be done to rebuild after the ravages of WWII. Victory in the Cold War and the efforts to win that gave us another boost, but not near as much. Easy employment ended with the Dot-com crash. 9/11 brought more work, but it was narrow stuff, pretty much all security and military.

    What does the future hold? I believe that if we keep improving at cooperation, and that wisdom thing, the future of all humanity could be very pleasant and fulfilling. We can solve this Global Warming problem, and other problems that may arise. Our civilization could grow and flourish for thousands of years. Could maybe even last for millions of years. Likely, employment as we know it will no longer exist. Or, in the near future, we could lose it. Global Warming is actually not that hard to deal with, but there's a lamentable unwillingness to face even that. Any who think AGW is bad, give a possible WW3 some thought. Perhaps our civilization will collapse, and it will take another 1000 years to learn from our mistakes and a new, better civilization to arise. The grimmest possibility is that we annihilate ourselves, and take all Earthly life with us to the grave, so that whatever other extant species there are now who could have evolved to become as or more intelligent than us never get that chance. Sorry, dolphins. We've grown mighty enough we could maybe do that last one now. 2000 years ago, Rome and China could screw around and destroy themselves without there being the slightest chance of wiping out everyone and everything else. Now though.... What if in 1991 the Soviet Union had decided to go out with a bang, a nice big nuclear bang, rather than a whimper? If by early 1945, the Nazis had developed and produced nuclear weapons, what then? Hitler would certainly have ordered their use. Then things could've hung upon whether the subordinates understood how destructive nuclear weapons were, and were crazy enough to obey such an order, or whether they'd come to their senses and refuse. But then, even if the Nazis had had it, unlike the Soviets 40 years later, they wouldn't have had so much that they could blow up the entire planet. I give kudos to the Soviet Union for not trying it.

    Meantime, I guess that one of the root problems is too much liking for dependency. Or, rather, prioritizing various comforts over freedom. Not appreciating and valuing freedom enough. "Put not your faith in princes", but many people so want to do just that, want The Man to look out for them. Also, I think the troubles in employment practices ultimately reflects upon another problem, that we are perhaps overpopulated.

    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Joe Desertrat on Sunday January 23 2022, @01:32AM

      by Joe Desertrat (2454) on Sunday January 23 2022, @01:32AM (#1214902)

      ...I believe that if we keep improving at cooperation, and that wisdom thing, the future of all humanity could be very pleasant and fulfilling...

      Interesting thoughts, but one of the big problems is that petty tyrants can only thrive if they create an atmosphere of "us against them", and cooperation and wisdom are usually viewed in such circumstances as collaboration with the enemy.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 23 2022, @02:16AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday January 23 2022, @02:16AM (#1214907)
      Our best hope to counter global warming is WW3. Reducing the population, greatly reduced demand on resources, and lots of mushroom clouds casting a 20-year dust cloud as a block to sunlight. Sure, civilization ends, but it wasn't that great in even the short term.