A client had two finalists for a position, both with comparable professional skills.
As they went into the final round they were left with an interesting decision.
What criteria should we use to choose between the two.
One is a relatively experienced person. The other has several years less experience.
Advantage to the experienced person
The less experienced person has been a consultant for several years (advantage to the experienced person) but with one client for several years (advantage shifts to the less experienced one.
The experienced person has been working in industry where he is knowledgeable and has done an extremely good job; the else experienced one is extremely service oriented. As a consultant, he understands that everything he does should be done with service at heart and wears that as a badge of honor and responsibility. Not every consultant does, but he does..
What would you do to decide?
Jeff Altman
The Big Game Hunter
Concepts in Staffing
thebiggamehunter@cisny.com
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Jeff Altman, The Big Game Hunter, is Managing Director with Concepts in Staffing, a New York search firm, He has successfully assisted many corporations identify management leaders and staff in technology, accounting, finance, sales, marketing and other disciplines since 1971. He is a former certified leader of the ManKind Project, a not for profit organization that assists men with life issues, and a practicing psychotherapist.
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