Introduction: The Former Reliance Upon Geography for Hiring and Its Long-Term Impact on Workforce Setup
Location-Based Hiring: Many industries have used geography as their primary criteria for hire (and still do). Candidates were expected to live within commuting distance of the workplace, mainly due to the requirement for their physical presence as part of how businesses operated. For instance, offices were used as centers of collaboration, supervision, training, and performance management. When reviewing resumes, hiring managers filtered candidates based not just on qualifications, but on what city they lived in, whether they were willing to relocate, and how feasible it would be to travel from where they lived to their place of work. This way of doing business worked well prior to the use of digital tools in business and prior to the overall belief that to perform in today’s world is done face to face with others.










