founder of naked leader
Action For The Week
HOW many organizations recruit on the basis of ‘hard skills’ – measurable, technical, learnable skills? Invariably employees leave, or are made redundant, or fired, on the grounds of so-called ‘softer’ skills – their personality or attitude. How we can we reverse this situation? Simple. Reverse it by ensuring that next time you recruit someone into your organization, do so first and foremost on the basis their of passion.
(Extract from The Naked Millionaire)
Hard skills, soft skills, no skills, there are all sorts of abilities that people come into a job with and they should all be encouraged.
I agree, the personality of the individual is something we should all be aware of when employing.
It shouldn’t be just about the skills.
Skills has to come first, otherwise why would they count? You have to look at qualifications too, the personality of the individual shouldn’t really count.