Originally Posted by
Eldee5
That's exactly how one of the new hire coordinator explained to us. When you reach a certain age, you inevitably leave a trail behind, and in light of the fact that personalities don't change, that's how they select applicants from the pool. High GPAs, community work, professional achievement etc. are, to them, great predictors of future performance. They also pay close attention to how long it took one to achieve their professional goals.
That seems like a pretty harsh judgement and I wonder at what age they can determine the trail. Some people have scholarships or daddy's money to get them college while others have to work and get themselves through school. Someone might get married have a family or a death in the family that can change things too. Maybe they don't have community service the last 5 years so they can raise twins and keep the wife from going instance. This is a horrible method in just assuming everyone is the same. Some of the smartest book people I have ever worked with or taught in life tend to be some of the dumbest when it comes to common sense. We all know that the captain with a 4.0 GPA vs a captain with a 3.2 isn't necessarily going to save the world. If the 3.2 guy is so much less then why hire them?
I get it, this all they can really go off of to go through the pool of applicants but to say that this determines the type of person they will always be is an extremely harsh judgement to make.