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Originally Posted by Greedy,Greedy,Greedy
So, after all this discussion on racial discrimination in hiring, I'm about to go into the market for a young corporate associate. Should I intentionally be giving preference to candidates who are minorities? To women candidates?
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Just go in with the idea that there is no such thing as a perfect candidate. Lots of people meet the qualifications of the job, and it's very unlikely that someone is "best qualified" (unless, maybe, you're poaching from another firm to work with a particular client that you also poached), and throw a wide net. And if you throw someone out because they're not a fit with your firm's culture, make sure that your firm's culture isn't skewed so it excludes people based on race, orientation, sex, ethnic background, etc.
Also, age discrimination is a thing too. There may be some older corporate associates out there who are super awesome but they graduated at the worst possible time to get meaningful experience.
