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Letter: Who or what makes that luck?

Published 6 January 2016

From Brian Tagg

Steve Tunn discusses computer algorithms selecting job applicants (Letters, 12 December 2015). This reminds me of the human resources person who would randomly consign half the CVs they received to the wastebasket, with the explanation “who would want to employ anyone that unlucky?” Maybe the same applies in the algorithmic era too?
Taunton, Somerset, UK

Issue no. 3055 published 9 January 2016

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