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Do you look for Potential or Experience in a Candidate when you are Hiring for a position.

Created by : Vishnu Swarnam, Recruitment Head, E-Cruits  | 06 17 2010 15:56:23 +0000
Industry : IT ServicesFunctional Area : Talent Management(People Management)
Keywords : do you look for potential or experience in a candidate when you are hiring for a position.
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I would say an experience guy with a potential to march ahead into future.The ideal would obviously be to hire someone with tons of experience and oodles of potential but these types are few and far between, tend to cost a fortune and are notoriously hard to attract.Experience is perceived to be the safe bet as it is generally easier to assess experience than it is to assess potential. Experience also means new hires can hit the ground running, don’t have to be trained up and hence can add immediate value to the business....
By Vishnu Swarnam, Recruitment Head, E-Cruits  | 06 17 2010 15:56:23 +0000
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