Hiring Laws
Rick Knight (rknight@platinum.com)
Wed, 23 Jul 97 10:34:19 CST
I would shudder at an IQ being on a resume or job application. A
focus on that assumes that a known/unknown/contrived IQ will actually
be appropriately applied by the potential hiree. Working with C++
programmers, I've hired and had to manage a number of what I observed
to be very intelligent people who were so socially inept (some with
seriously bad hygiene) as to make them veritably useless in teamwork
scenarios.
IQ is only one aspect of a person's value and qualifications. I liked
what the book "Emotional Intelligence" had to offer in that respect.
If one's "intelligence quotient" is all a person has to offer, it's
not a good balance by my perspective. That is, unless the person's
only responsibility is to interact with silicon-based life forms. The
carbon-based ones require a little more interactivity.
A interesting coincidental footnote: i.q. is also a Latin
abbreviation meaning "the same as". A curious connection to the
measurable "sameness" that is all an IQ test can ultimately provide.
Rick