This is pretty interesting and probably is getting at something true. We can all likely agree that there are thresholds of desired skills and proficiency above which no one is likely to exist that matches the profile. However, like Dagon, I am somewhat skeptical of the overall argument because it seems to disregard self-selection as a means of reducing the pool of applicants and improving the overall matching of skills being selected for to those being brought by the average applicant.
Furthermore, it seems we are treating skills as though they are coming from a single pot and being chosen at random to create the profile of our desired candidate. But often skills... (read more)
This is pretty interesting and probably is getting at something true. We can all likely agree that there are thresholds of desired skills and proficiency above which no one is likely to exist that matches the profile. However, like Dagon, I am somewhat skeptical of the overall argument because it seems to disregard self-selection as a means of reducing the pool of applicants and improving the overall matching of skills being selected for to those being brought by the average applicant.
Furthermore, it seems we are treating skills as though they are coming from a single pot and being chosen at random to create the profile of our desired candidate. But often skills... (read more)