Hereâs a related thought that Iâm curious for peopleâs 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 âif you have an offer from X then weâll hire you with no further processâ, or similarly âif you work or have worked at X, we know youâre good and donât need to assess you ourselvesâ. This can feel like org Y is misappropriating the products of org Xâs 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.)
Hereâs a related thought that Iâm curious for peopleâs 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 âif you have an offer from X then weâll hire you with no further processâ, or similarly âif you work or have worked at X, we know youâre good and donât need to assess you ourselvesâ. This can feel like org Y is misappropriating the products of org Xâs 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.)