I respectfully disagree and am surprised you would so quickly admit

Mar 12, 2018
3:00:19pm

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to using something a person cannot control such as their gender in giving out a job. I prefer to find the most qualified candidate and if there are many qualified, I go with my gut, disregarding age, gender, or race.

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If I were President.......

CCookie

3/12/18 1:58pm

Gender is irrelevant when hiring for AD. Hiring someone because of what

SandYFan

3/12/18 1:59pm

Sheri Dew for AD!

cougfanblue

3/12/18 2:00pm

not a bad idea actually. byu suffers from a public image problem.

johnnycarson

3/12/18 2:03pm

You would hire a woman just because it looks “better?” 😐

aussiecoug

3/12/18 2:07pm

All things being equal in the best candidates...

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 2:09pm

It's unfortunate you use gender as a deciding factor and not intangibles. I

ChiCityCoug

3/12/18 2:37pm

Not unfortunate at all.

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 2:53pm

I respectfully disagree and am surprised you would so quickly admit

ChiCityCoug

3/12/18 3:00pm

Hopefully your gut doesn’t always direct you to the white Mormon dude.

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 4:08pm

I think he is saying the opposite. His gut doesn't go to a pre determined

Ghost

3/12/18 4:17pm

Oddly enough tho...that’s what happens for those who “go with their gut”

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 4:25pm

LOL. There are some people who fall into that camp just like you do.

WizeGuise

3/12/18 4:41pm

What he said ^^

ChiCityCoug

3/12/18 4:50pm

Says the guy openly advertising a bias in his hiring decisions.

WizeGuise

3/12/18 4:37pm

You must not work in corporate America. If so, you must have never hired anyone.

Ned Schneebly

3/12/18 3:37pm

Haha. Not only do I work in corporate America, I’m an attorney. Gasp!!!

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 4:11pm

I never said it doesn't happen every day. Shoot, you're proof that it, in fact, does still happen.

Ned Schneebly

3/12/18 4:47pm

Uh-huh. All things doesn't really mean all things then.

WizeGuise

3/12/18 4:37pm

Sorry for the smugness. Wasn’t trying to be smug.

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 5:50pm

I’m not sure you were being smug to be honest.

WizeGuise

3/12/18 7:06pm

All things are almost never equal. Why do you prefer women?

WizeGuise

3/12/18 3:56pm

Read the follow up if you’re confused on what all things being equal means.

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 4:12pm

You mean what it means to you. I read it. Got it. Thanks for the enlightenment

WizeGuise

3/12/18 4:34pm

Just want to be clear that equality and identical are not the same thing

RalphWiggam

3/12/18 5:55pm

to be unique and stand out a bit. yes.

johnnycarson

3/12/18 2:09pm

Has Condi Rice accepted baptism, yet?

BlueSage

3/12/18 2:14pm

that's the problem...she'd have to be a very qualified candidate or

johnnycarson

3/12/18 2:16pm

Here is one off the top of my head.. Alison Davis-Blake google her

CCookie

3/12/18 2:22pm

k. does she know the difference between a football and a baseball mitt?

johnnycarson

3/12/18 2:24pm

isn't she on the BCS selection committee?

v1k0u6

3/12/18 2:27pm

my point is the condi rice would be perfect, if she was a mormon.

johnnycarson

3/12/18 3:13pm

Now wiki Tom Holmoe Which resume is better ??

CCookie

3/12/18 2:27pm

Agree, but would add . . .

virginiaBYUcoug

3/12/18 2:38pm

Why Pope?

Remigius

3/12/18 2:44pm

So you are going to fire one of the most respect ADs in the country to hire a

rockyrd

3/12/18 3:19pm

Thank goodness you're not the president. How would you handle the next wind of

Ned Schneebly

3/12/18 3:33pm

It's seriously stupid to hire someone whose first qualification is there gender.

Adrielle

3/12/18 4:16pm

I'd argue the same is true regarding the first requirement being that person is a Mormon....

HarlemCoug

3/12/18 4:26pm

BYU is a pm privately owned, LDS faith based University or is perfectly reasonable

Adrielle

3/12/18 4:58pm

We already hire with the first qualification being what religion they are

Coug

3/13/18 9:02am

See everybody, things could get worse.

YSMACK

3/12/18 4:22pm

... out of your mind.

BlueFever

3/12/18 4:34pm

You forgot a few more

Orem58thBall

3/12/18 8:54pm

Is that why some car dealerships have women running their service departments?

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