Small Business Staff Selection: Beware Of Overemphasizing Past Experience

Small Business Staff Selection: Beware Of Overemphasizing Past ExperienceAuthor: Leon NooneIt's called "The Experience Trap" and it's waiting to snare conscientious, professional, well meaning managers involved in staff selection. Unless you know about the trap, you're a candidate for capture. And you'll pay for it in more ways than one.Our Experience. In sport, a player may be an outstanding performer with one team but a mediocre performer with another. Some children perform poorly at one school but do very well at another.Importance Of Environment. The child is no more or less intelligent. The sportsperson is no more or less skilled. But the environment and culture where they apply their skills have definitely changed.You've probably had an experience where you've recruited someone with a "sensational track record". Unfortunately they haven't reproduced their past performance for you.The Experience Trap. It's odd. But the fact that someone did a job successfully for someone else in another company, doesn't automatically mean they'll do your job successfully for you in yours. I call overemphasis on experience "The Experience Trap". There's another potential problem too.The Next Level Issue. At least some of the people seeking a job in your company are looking for one at a level above what they're currently doing. You offer them the "next level". They have little or no experience doing the job you have vacant.

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PhoEniX comment`s:

Somewhere I have seen a similar note, but still thanks

30.05.2010