{"id":8233,"date":"2017-03-13T09:23:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T09:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keblog.demoapp.xyz\/?p=8233"},"modified":"2022-10-19T03:45:49","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T03:45:49","slug":"should-you-hire-attitude-over-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/should-you-hire-attitude-over-skills","title":{"rendered":"Should You Hire Attitude Over Skills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">perfect recruitment world<\/a><\/strong>, you&#8217;d hire someone whose attributes are equally great as their skills and experience. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world, and finding a candidate with both is as difficult as finding a needle in haystack.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve probably heard the famous line &#8220;Hire character, train skill,&#8221; by Peter Schutz, so this isn&#8217;t really a new HR dilemma. But do we really know the benefits of each? We&#8217;ve differentiate both which will hopefully be helpful during your next hiring process.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_26 counter-hierarchy\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">TOPICS<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><label for=\"item\" aria-label=\"Table of Content\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\" id=\"item\"><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/should-you-hire-attitude-over-skills\/#Hiring_For_Character\" title=\"Hiring For Character\">Hiring For Character<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/should-you-hire-attitude-over-skills\/#Hiring_For_Skills\" title=\"Hiring For Skills\">Hiring For Skills<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/should-you-hire-attitude-over-skills\/#Sign_up_on_Kalibrr_and_start_hiring_better_today_You_can_also_follow_us_on_Facebook_for_more_business_and_recruiter_advice\" title=\"Sign up on Kalibrr\u00a0and start hiring better today! You can also follow us on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0for more business and recruiter advice.\">Sign up on Kalibrr\u00a0and start hiring better today! You can also follow us on\u00a0Facebook\u00a0for more business and recruiter advice.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hiring_For_Character\"><\/span><strong>Hiring For Character<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are a number of companies who hire new employees based on their character and then train them on the job. They do this with the idea that it&#8217;s easier to teach or enhance a person&#8217;s skill, but difficult to\u00a0change their\u00a0character.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contractrecruiter.com\/why-new-hires-fail\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Experienced and talented employees with bad attributes often fail at their jobs<\/strong><\/a>. However, the less experienced or perhaps second-best employees with great attitudes tend to succeed long-term.\u00a0This doesn\u2019t mean you don\u2019t pay attention to technical skills. Just don\u2019t make technical skills you main focus. Character can be considered more valuable than an having an MBA or PhD. They can have all the necessary experience and skills, but if their personality does not fit the company culture, are they the best person to hire?<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hiring_For_Skills\"><\/span><strong>Hiring For Skills<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>On the other hand, you could also argue that a person\u2019s character can only get them so far. When real talent and skills are needed, attitude might not be enough to succeed. This is where skills and experience reign supreme.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine interviewing someone with with a great attitude but doesn&#8217;t have the necessary certifications that are required for the job. Think, nurse, engineer, architect, doctor.<\/p>\n<p>That would be a safety hazard, not to mention a waste of time. When you hire for skills versus attitude, try to get the best talent available. A team of happy employees is great in theory, but if they do not have the qualifications to succeed, you may find yourself stuck in a rut.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, always look for the best of both worlds when hiring a candidate: they must have the willingness to be trained with new skills and have a great\u00a0character.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sign_up_on_Kalibrr_and_start_hiring_better_today_You_can_also_follow_us_on_Facebook_for_more_business_and_recruiter_advice\"><\/span><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kalibrr.com\/employers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up on Kalibrr<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and start hiring better today! You can also follow us on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kalibrrforbusiness\/?fref=ts\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0for more business and recruiter advice.<\/em><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a\u00a0perfect recruitment world, you&#8217;d hire someone whose attributes are equally great as their skills and experience. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world, and finding a candidate with both is as difficult as finding a needle in haystack. You&#8217;ve probably heard the famous line &#8220;Hire character, train skill,&#8221; by Peter Schutz, so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":8234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/neo-blog.kalibrr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}