Newsgroup: it.politica.internazionale
Titolo: parlando di ricerca di personale

appena ricevuto sul mio linkedin
 
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vista la performance, direi che gli stipendi proposti sono eccessivi.

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a posteriori, sono buoni tutti.

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Suggerisco il capitolo 5° di questo testo, un po' invecchiato ma ancora
valido. Il sistema di selezione del primo ministro che vi viene proposto
andrebbe tentato. 
 
http://sas2.elte.hu/tg/ptorv/Parkinson-s-Law.pdf
 
 
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The first step in the process is to decide on the qualities a Prime
Minister ought to have. These need not be the same in all circumstances,
but they need to be listed and agreed upon. Let us suppose that the
qualities deemed essential are (1) Energy, (2) Courage, (3) Patriotism,
(4) Experience, (5) Popularity, and (6) Eloquence. Now, it will be
observed that all these are general-qualities which all possible
applicants would believe themselves to possess. The field could readily,
of course, be narrowed by stipulating (4) Experience of lion-taming, or
(6) Eloquence in Mandarin. But that is not the way in which we want to
narrow the field. We do not want to stipulate a quality in a 56 special
form; rather, each quality in an exceptional degree.
In other words, the successful candidate must be the most energetic,
courageous, patriotic, experienced, popular, and eloquent man in the
country. Only one man can answer to that description and his is the only
application we want. The terms of the appointment must thus be phrased
so as to exclude everyone else. We should therefore word the
advertisement in some such way as follows:
 
Wanted-- Prime Minister of Ruritania. Hours of work: 4 A.M. to 11.59
P.M. Candidates must be prepared to fight three rounds with the current
heavyweight champion (regulation gloves to be worn). Candidates will die
for their country, by painless means, on reaching the age of retirement
(65). They will have to pass an examination in parliamentary procedure
and will be liquidated should they fail to obtain 95% marks. They will
also be liquidated if they fail to gain 75% votes in a popularity poll
held under the Gallup Rules. They will finally be invited to try their
eloquence on a Baptist Congress, the object being to induce those
present to rock and roll. Those who fail will be liquidated. All
candidates should present themselves at the Sporting Club (side
entrance) at 11.15 A.M. on the morning of September 19. Gloves will be
provided, but they should bring their own rubber-soled shoes, singlet,
and shorts.
 
Observe that this advertisement saves all trouble about application
forms, testimonials, photographs, references, and short lists. If the
advertisement has been correctly worded, there will be only one
applicant, and he can take office immediately-- well, almost
immediately. But what if there is no applicant? That is proof that the
advertisement needs rewording. We have evidently asked for something
more than exists. So the same advertisement (which is, after all, quite
economical in space) can be inserted again with some slight adjustment.
The pass mark in the examination can be reduced to 85 per cent with 65
per cent of the votes required in the popularity poll, and only two
rounds against the heavyweight. Conditions can be successively relaxed,
indeed, until an applicant appears.
Suppose, however, that two or even three candidates present themselves.
We shall know that we have been insufficiently scientific. It may be
that the pass mark in the examination has been too abruptly lowered-- it
should have been 87 per cent, perhaps, with 66 per cent in the
popularity poll. Whatever the cause, the damage has been done. Two, or
possibly three, candidates are in the waiting room. We have a choice to
make and cannot waste all the morning on it. One policy would be to
start the ordeal and eliminate the candidates who emerge with least
credit. There is, nevertheless, a quicker way. Let us assume that all
three candidates have all the qualities already defined as essential.
The only thing we need do is add one further quality and apply the
simplest test of all. To do this, weask the nearest young lady
(receptionist or stenographer, as the case may be), "Which would you
prefer?" She will promptly point out one of the candidates and so finish
the matter. It has been objected that this procedure is the same thing
as tossing a coin or otherwise letting chance decide. There is, in fact,
no element of chance. It is merely the last-minute insistence on one
other quality, one not so far taken into account: the quality of sex
appeal.
 
 
 
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"E maledetto sia Haman, archivista o insegnante che tu sia. Lechaim!"
(rabbi Andrea Zanardo)