In a low skill job this is probably pretty accurate.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Such as?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Skill can be taught relatively quickly in low skilled jobs. So if someone comes with that experience but also that lack of humility like they know what they are doing, it isn't worth it. Better for the company to hire an inexperienced person. But in a high skill job where it takes a decade of work experience after your degree, maybe it is worth it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

To a point. You can't teach work ethic, and some people don't follow company protocol regardless of tenure or certificates.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

A person with zero experience has zero baggage. That's why. Someone with experience will always give you something like "I've been a ________ for __ years and I've always done it this way. " Those are close minded individuals.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It should be more that it's easier to train people with a little bit of experience than someone with a lot of it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I agree, actually. They don't come with the biases from their previous employer.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As someone who pretty much exclusively trained for about a year at my last job…. It really depends. Someone good is going to be good no matter what. People with experience you barely even have to cover anything, just let them know what's different and they have the training wheels off before you can blink. Someone with no experience is easily malleable and is pretty much a blank slate for all of your habits (good and bad), and can come in with no baggage. The worst people that I ever trained were all stubborn, combative, and unwilling to learn. A few of them I'd describe as straight up dumb or just not cut out for the role at all. (It was IT as well, entry level IT, but still). But if they would just focus and actually listen to me teaching they could have gotten enough of a handle on it to be mediocre at least. God I hated training, don't miss it at all.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

>no Brainerd i'm sorry what

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This is true in certain occupations but not across the board. And it's more that it's easier to train them to the way you want the job done then the job in general.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

When I was getting started in my career I used to tell hiring managers "what I lack in experience I make up for in inexperience". Now that I myself am I hiring manager I would much rather hire someone with less experience but is eager to learn and grow than someone who thinks they know everything.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

A fresh slate

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Easier to take advantage of them for sure

by Anonymous 1 year ago

this is actually what i say in interviews for jobs i have no experience in

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's not "experience" you're referring to…you're talking about adaptability…which heavily depends on the individual and field you can't be serious if you really think training someone on let's say using a computer application is easier if they have "zero experience" with computers…

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I totally agree OP. i would only look at these criteria when hiring if i was a boss. - passion for the job at hand - being smart enough to do the job well

by Anonymous 1 year ago