Hiring criminals: Big data says go for it. – Slate

Eamon Javers tells us about a bunch of correlations people are finding as our computational power increases, including this gem for the human resources department:

I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that people with criminal records are good moneyball hires, who come at a salary discount that’s way out of proportion to their job performance. But the news that criminals outperform in absolute terms is pretty fascinating. The CEO of the company thinks it may be because they feel an unusual sense of gratitude and loyalty.

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Hiring criminals: Big data says go for it. – Slate