Going Down The Recruitment Rabbit Hole
Some over extended countryside metaphors decrying the dreadful state of the recruitment landscape.
If you’re one of those people who wonders why things are just the way they are, then this missive is most probably right up your street.
If you’re one of those people, albeit in a smaller proportion, who thinks that the universe (and everything in it) is fundamentally mathematical, thinks that block transfer computation¹ will definitely be a thing someday, and that by understanding a bit of basic mathematics you can play better moves in the Grand Game then this growing wall of text is most definitely right up your street.
For a long time now I’ve drawn quite a few comparisons between the Grand Game of Software Engineers and the apparently “real” world — in terms of psychology, philosophy, and mathematics.
Today, let’s take a look at biology (with a significant dose of mathematics, of course) to understand how the shambolic and self-interested world of recruitment functions, with a specific focus on recruitment agencies and the commission driven individuals that make up the vast majority of their ranks in the modern world.
The recruitment industry stands as the general and classical middle-man between employers and employees, with the (at least) initial aim of helping employers…
