Originally Posted by
Sliceback
In the previous hiring at AA the first 996 new hires had at least 15.7% women. The first 200 was exactly 20%. The company insisted they weren't target hiring. Asked a PhD candidate in mathematics what the odds were of that happening - "that's impossible." Come on, give me a number. It was either 1.0(-21) or 1.0(-23). Sorry, brain fade after 15 years so I forget if it was 0.0000000000000000000001 or 0.000000000000000000000001.
When the numbers don't match the odds/percentages it's not 'random'.
I don't actually understand the point of your numbers....not being argumentative. What were the boundary conditions of the problem you posed to the PhD dude? I'm not actually sure what you asked him. The fact that it was exactly 20%, or the fact that 20% is high?
At any rate, walking around campus at Delta re-affirms what a few others said above, this is primarily a white male profession. I'm not assigning a value judgement to that fact, but the assertion that you have to be a woman or minority to get hired is patently false.
Someone mentioned age--youngest in my class was a 29 year old RJ guy, oldest was a 54 year old military and RJ. Irrelevant fact, both were white guys.