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TWO_LEVEL

                                              January 14, 2003         
                                                                              
Two levels, two layers 
of attention.
             
   Rough/Fine            
   
   Quick Look/
   Close Focus



Before you can engage the 
scientific method, you need 
to get through the academic 
credential game.
                
  It's a logical fallacy to dismiss 
  a statement based on the academic            A slight variation:
  status of the speaker;                                           
                                               (1) Skimming through the 
  But it's a practical necessity               deck of resumes          
  to apply some form of prelimenary                                     
  screening before you can engage              (2) Interviewing candidates  
  the close focus of the scientific                                         
  community.                                   (3) Co-worker discussions 
                                                                         
                                                                         
        Drawbacks to these                         Three levels of       
        approaches... if                           increasing            
        you're going to look                       attention.            
        for bias, look at                                    
        the preliminary                              
        screening stage.                             Personal applications? 
                                                     
                                                     Two inboxes:  
                                                         
                                                         Just In.       
                                                         All the Way In.
                               FIRST13        

                                                                 (head 
                                                                  and 
                                                                  fist?)



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