The whole world has gone fucking crazy!

  1. I am a veteran.
  2. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with a 3.75 out of 4.00 GPA.

And everyone wants to use asinine assessment tests to gatekeep me out of a job. I already jumped through four fucking years of hoops, spent tens of thousands of dollars, gave up tens of thousands of dollars via opportunity costs (I could have been working a job during that time).

And if I don’t complete their test I don’t get the job and the person with a GED or High School diploma who does complete it gets the job. They only want compliance and the abilty to utterly control you.

  • nodsocket@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    They make you take these frivolous tests for three reasons:

    1. To make sure you weren’t lying about the degree and aren’t an idiot.
    2. To test your loyalty and willingness to jump through hoops without complaining (for no extra pay)
    3. Because they want to pick the absolute best quality applicant and the only semi-emperical way to do that is with tests.
    • mommykink@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago
      1. Modern HR operates on a positive-feedback loop which needs to create these artificial hurdles to the hiring process to justify their existence in the company

      Edit: I have no idea why it displays the number 1 when it shows 4 on the edit screen, but I’ve spent too much time trying to fix it and don’t really care.

      • toynbee@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        If it’s like Reddit, it tries to turn any numbered list (or what it perceives as one) into an ordered list. I’ve never tried, but I bet if you precede the number with a backslash it will keep the number of your choosing.

        I’ve seen threads where people would answer things like “how old are you” with just “30.” or similar, accidentally claiming to be a 1-year-old with excellent technical skills.