I commented when this was submitted yesterday, the bit that struck me was this:
... we can predict people’s college performance
reasonably well by simply analyzing their college
admissions essays. Across four years, we analyzed
the admissions essays of 25,000 students and then
tracked their grade point averages (GPAs). Higher
GPAs were associated with admission essays that
used high rates of nouns and low rates of verbs and
pronouns. The effects were surprisingly strong and
lasted across all years of college, no matter what
the students' major.
What if the same prediction could be made on motivation letters sent by candidates to potential employers? If I were Google, I would hire this guy. He would fit perfectly in their candidate selection effort of using automated tools to process resumes & motivation letters...
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I commented when this was submitted yesterday, the bit that struck me was this:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2895701What if the same prediction could be made on motivation letters sent by candidates to potential employers? If I were Google, I would hire this guy. He would fit perfectly in their candidate selection effort of using automated tools to process resumes & motivation letters...