I am not a Number
A recent article from the Training Journal made me stop in my tracks. It forced me to re-assess one of the standard benchmarks we use when hiring, promoting or assigning people in the workplace. Experience. Andrew Gibbons highlights a “total lack of understanding of the disconnection between experience and value.” I tend to agree. We often use “years of experience” as a requirement in job descriptions when hiring new staff, or “years in role” before…