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- Hire on Merit https://www.meritocracy.com/ 2 comments
- Hiring based on merit, excellence, & intelligence (MEI) elicits muted response https://twitter.com/paulg/status/1801986079890850008 8 comments
- Scale AI: We hire for MEI: merit, excellence, and intelligence https://twitter.com/alexandr_wang/status/1801331034916851995 6 comments
- 1-in-6 managers told to deprioritize hiring white men, 48% diversity over merit https://www.resumebuilder.com/1-in-6-hiring-managers-have-been-told-to-stop-hiring-white-men/ 64 comments
- Feds nix college degree requirement for merit-based hiring https://searchhrsoftware.techtarget.com/news/252485558/feds-nix-college-degree-requirement-for-merit-based-hiring 20 comments technology
- Health Care for People...or for Corporate Profits? - Unable to win public support on their own merit, the corporatists and their hired political hacks are going all out to continue their profit gouging and keep control of America's dysfunctional system. https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/02/12/health-care-peopleor-corporate-profits 26 comments politics
- Elizabeth Warren Wants To Stop Companies From Checking Your Credit Before They Hire You - “Americans should be able to compete for jobs on their merits, not on whether they have enough money to pay all their bills” http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/09/16/3701981/warren-cohen-credit-checks-hiring/ 786 comments politics
- [Westhead] Hockey Canada confirmed to me in addition to alleged incidents in 2003 and 2018, it has hired 2 Ottawa-area lawyers, Erin Durant & Brian Ward, to weigh merits of a 3rd sexual assault allegation. Durant & Ward have discretion to decide if formal investigation takes place, HC says. https://twitter.com/rwesthead/status/1570523814005735427?s=46&t=jiCSLXt14OwI_Jl_7TAXaw 18 comments hockey
- Liberals and conservatives are more likely to believe that merit-based hiring is unfair after learning about the impacts of socioeconomic disparities. They also are more likely to support programs that encourage socioeconomic diversity after learning about the effects of social class and low income. https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2024/02/hiring-qualified-candidate-unfair 270 comments science