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still working in the penumbra of science

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@MidwestChemSafe @Chicago_Police https://t.co/yTXn55pehA

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“Science ‘journalism’” has a “reproducibility ‘crisis’” “crisis.”

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@MidwestChemSafe https://t.co/yTXn55pehA

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist Isn’t there that apocryphal six-word story, supposedly Hemingway’s? “For sale: baby shoes, never worn.”

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist I remember a friend consciously putting certain outdoors-y interests (which he honestly had) in his résumé when looking to move to the Pacific Northwest and had no other indicators of particular ties to that region (applying from cross country).

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist I doubt that anyone would suggest otherwise. But does that nullify the relevance of indicators of personality fit?

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist “Whimsical” characterizes some of the haughty third-party responses to the original tweet.

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist Isn’t there some risk/reward calculation for an applicant if so? E.g., maybe listed interests could be helpful for X% of cases; unhelpful for Y%; actively harmful for Z%; trade-off that net value against the sacrificed space (one line? two?) and the value of the omitted info.

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist That’s only if “qualified” doesn’t include some broader aspect of who you are as a person or some nontechnical things that listing interests would indicate, right? Hasn’t that got to be job-dependent? (Or hirer-dependent?) (and maybe omitted from a job ad?) ...

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist But this weighs in favor of not whimsically discarding people who happen to include interests on their résumé, no?

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist Only due to poor use of technology.

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@Chemjobber @andrechemist Disagree with which part?

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@andrechemist @Chemjobber Yes! I think people are too quick to discount inclusions on a resume that depart from their own experience and conventional wisdom. It’s all garbage gatekeeping, subconscious or overt.

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@andrechemist @Chemjobber Just selects for people with the “right” advice-giving network.

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@DrLCsquare @Chemjobber @runner_carm Appreciate it!

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@DrLCsquare @Chemjobber @runner_carm I mean, I listed interests, discussed them in the interview, and got my top choice job, but sure.

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@Chemjobber @runner_carm Hmmm.