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Well, go with your gut feeling then.

 

Hunger, desire and the willingness to learn and perform are hard to scientifically quantify. (You have to know it when you see it)

 

The perfect mix would be the experienced, educated veteran and the above. However, the above is the most difficult to find.

 

 

Age is the one area where people can blatantly use as a bias. I`ve worked with young people who are excellent leaders and more experienced workers who have bright, innovative ideas. Why not interview people as people and make up your mind on the individual.

What it comes down to is the person doing the work. About half the population, in my experience, at any age beyond about 35 seems to believe they`ve "learned enough."

Countless people tell me it`s too hard to think. They`ve done a lot of that earlier in life, and now they`re happy knowing how things work. They`re very uncomfortable when things change. They don`t like, and don`t want to have to always learn something new. They don`t like to adapt, and feel more secure knowing that "I remember it went this way, so I want it to go this way still."

I`ve seen whole communities of ancient people (70+ years old) who`re indistinguishable from a typical suburban neighborhood of "just-starting" young couples. I`ve also seen nursing homes, retirement communities, and general groups of old people who do nothing but complain about everything, aren`t healthy, aren`t active, and just want to sit and stare at the world passing them by.

Ultimately, people go to work to either get some money to finance their actual life, or they want someone to just take care of them for life. Regardless of their age, the people who have a life and work to pay for that life are always changing. They grow, learn, develop, and apply past experience to new situations. Those are the people to hire, whether they`re 25 or 65. :-)

I have found that hiring older folks is just easier.  You have to deal with a few minor issues, but they have already been trained on other jobs therfor you can leverage their experiences.


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Sandra Pearson
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When I was hired to work at my boss`s startup- the interviews were, well, a little odd!  I had to make spreadsheets, pretend to call an agent and pitch a book project, engage in a discussion then write a paragraph detailing the main points, and take detailed notes as the team made an action plan.  I was being hired to fill a lot of needed positions at the time (and now get to concentrate just on the book project!) so instead of assessing my experience (which was so/ so), they took a real look at my actual abilities.  How did I hold up under pressure?  Would I go with the flow of an odd interview or would I opt out?  It was their way of making sure I fit into the company culture.  A few months later I went through and helped hire someone else- the same way.  And she fits in great, as did I.  I think it`s less about the resume and more about what you can do, right then, to show you are qualified for the job.  Here`s a link to some findings I had when hiring.


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Erin Hattaway
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