Two things got me posting this morning. I learned the expression "multivariate testing" (see job posting after the jump) and I've been introduced to the world of algorithm-based recruiting.
Six months ago, after being laid off, I submitted my resume to a number of reasonably appropriate establishments in hopes of finding something new. Now it seems I'm a match! For something that looks really impressive. That I should probably respond to just to see how far I could get before they kicked me out the door.
Without going into my actual qualifications, let's just say that if a human had looked at my resume, they would have determined that I was not actually a match for this. I'd love to see some stats on how effective this kind of recruiting actually is. And I want to be negative, but odds are this would get forwarded to others, which could land them the perfect candidate. Which is basically what I'm doing now... Here's the email followed by the job posting. Have at it!
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A job opening matching your profile for a position of Executive Director of Digital Marketing-DOW00000M has just been posted in our Careers Section.
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Dow Jones Recruiting Team
