I, for example, don't have even a quarter of my work experience on LinkedIn. It's too speculative a criticism to make, and I'd trust that GR know who's appropriate to process through a recruitment stage. (Even if I am eternally salty when I get PFOd).I am not diminishing anyone’s hard work. By the way I connected with them on LinkedIn, so it wasn’t an off-hand comment.
No one is diminishing anyone’s hard work, but why do I have to get a lot of work experiences and make my CV unique to get to AC while someone else shows up with society experience only?
Yes needs more nuance probably. But that doesn’t mean that everything is perfectly fair and fine in the recruitment process.
I 100% agree that the lack of diversity is deeply unfair and troubling, but society experience is just as valid a way to show transferable skills -- even if your work experience is likely more impressive.
I think there's two arguments being conflated here: Oxbridge dominance and DEI. Both need to be tackled, but in different ways (even if there's invariable overlap). Anyway, don't want to clog up the thread -- I respect your pov!