I want to agree with this, but I’ve been burned before. I hired someone I thought had great character. They were super positive attitude, hard worker - but the learning curve for the skills was too steep. We spent months training, and it cost us big. What's your take, do your prioritize skill or character?

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Character is non-negotiable but there is a floor for skill.

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Character and intellectual HP. Just character isn’t enough…

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Character gets you hired, talent and skill keep you employed

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Why not hire someone who has both character and skill?

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Depends on the level of the role

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this sentiment is great but like every platitude take with a grain of salt. There are roles where technical acumen is more paramount than character. Which is why a lot of surgeons are a holes.

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Ideally both are the way to go. Whether they have the ability to learn those technical skills can be a big hurdle depending. Nice saying, but doesn’t paint the full picture for a lot of actual situations we’ll run into. If somebody is the pinnacle of skill, but no morals or integrity to use them, no point.

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character is a sum of habits and beliefs of a person.
it can (and will) evolve

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Depends on the skill. It’s hard to train the smartest, most engaged 22 year old corporate accounting or how to operate liquid chromatography or how to properly weld a pipe. These skills can takes years of practice.

Marketing, inside sales, QA/QC - different story in most cases.

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hire making sure that capacity to process complexity and uncertainty of a person corresponds to the role you r hiring for.
from objective tests for that is CPP (Cognadev)

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