Years VS Quality!!

Years VS Quality!!

When reviewing a resume or writing a
job description there is always thought given to years of experience. But the
question is, is it really years of experience that is most important or the
quality of what was done that is the most important.

Let’s say you need a recruiter, but
the emphasis is on sourcing. 90% of the job is going to be sourcing and you
want 8 years of experience as a recruiter. Which then is better a person with 6
years as a recruiter with all 6 years being 90% sourcing, or a person with 10
years but only 50% being sourcing? Answer, given what you are looking for the
person with 6 years and 90% sourcing is the better choice. Of course you need
to talk with them to be sure, but on paper they are better. However if all you
are focused on is years of experience and not on the quality of what they have
done you will overlook some really great people.

The point of this is not get to locked
into years of experience, take into account the quality of what was done.
Quality trumps years every time.

Comment by Dean Da Costa on October 7, 2011 at 7:16pm: Huh in your scenario of course
it does they both have quality one has more. That was not the point of the
post. You took one statement and did not have the context around it. "The
point of this is not getting too locked into years of experience, take into
account the quality of what was done’. Quality trumps years every time. In
other words the quality of the work trumps years of experience, of course if
the quality is equal you take the more experience that is implied. The post was
about when they are not equal. The point is more years of experience does not
equate to quality, and you should not overlook those with less experience based
on having less experience, instead look at the quality. If you look at quality
first of course even ones with more experience will be found, but they will not
just have years of experience but the quality to go with it. Quality comes
first, then years. In your example they both had the quality, and one has more
experience so of course you go that way, but quality is first.