Range Finders on the Golf Course
Someone recently asked me why anyone would want Pythia Cyber's talent-assessing services. This question was not academic or objective: this person is deeply entrenched in the current recruiting culture of credential or experience first, then personal assessment. I cannot believe that anyone would say "what role does talent have in hiring?" Note that this person did not say "I am unconvinced that you can assess particular talents" which we would have been happy to refute. This person also did not say "I think that I can judge talent as well or better than the assessment" which we would have been happy to put to the test. Instead, this person claimed that "no one" would want to use this service which is awkward because we can demonstrate that at least some people do want to use this service. This recent interaction has made me nostalgic because it is so similar to an interaction that I had lo! these many years ago. Once upon a time, I was a cad...