Here’s a related thought that I’m curious for people’s views on: if org X has a reputation for being good at interviewing and hiring candidates, and org Y is hiring for a similar role, and org Y says to candidates “if you have an offer from X then we’ll hire you with no further process”, or similarly “if you work or have worked at X, we know you’re good and don’t need to assess you ourselves”. This can feel like org Y is misappropriating the products of org X’s work and expertise finding and assessing good people. Is this unethical?
My inclination is to say something similar to the replies to this headhunting post: it sucks to have this happen to you, but trying to prevent it in a heavy-handed way would be worse, so it seems better to just be aware of the phenomenon and be mindful of how you are benefiting from the work of others. (And again, the dynamic is different in for-profit organizations in competition with each other vs. non-profits with at least some amount of goal alignment.)
Here’s a related thought that I’m curious for people’s views on: if org X has a reputation for being good at interviewing and hiring candidates, and org Y is hiring for a similar role, and org Y says to candidates “if you have an offer from X then we’ll hire you with no further process”, or similarly “if you work or have worked at X, we know you’re good and don’t need to assess you ourselves”. This can feel like org Y is misappropriating the products of org X’s work and expertise finding and assessing good people. Is this unethical?
My inclination is to say something similar to the replies to this headhunting post: it sucks to have this happen to you, but trying to prevent it in a heavy-handed way would be worse, so it seems better to just be aware of the phenomenon and be mindful of how you are benefiting from the work of others. (And again, the dynamic is different in for-profit organizations in competition with each other vs. non-profits with at least some amount of goal alignment.)