Who would you pick as an employee?

Question

A twenty five year old with below average GCSE's with lots of work experience OR a person of the same age with excellent GCSE's and A levels, a masters degree in Maths whom has no work experience.

Answer 1

Depends!

Experience brings knowledge but the inability to mold to your expectations.

A degree shows commitment and would provide a well educated person you could mold.

Depends!

Answer 2

It depends on the situation.

For example, if a job I am hiring for is a lower level job, (i.e Hotel Receptionist), and there was someone who had the time to train the person in depth, then experience may not be required.

But if Training time is short, I need someone who can get in quick, I might pick someone with experience.

For a higher position like Restaurant Manager, I would want them to know about the industry to be able to run the department. Qualifications would not be as important.

Recruiting for a Maintenece man, I would be more interested in someone with some sort of technichal qualification in preference to someone with no qualifications or experience.

An Accounts junior would not necessarily need experience, but Maths and/ or Accounting qualifications would be more of interest than say Chemistry and Art.

It depends on the individual job that is being hired.

Answer 3

For what job?
What experience and how successful?
I think you need to give more details for a proper answer.
Instinct tells me that if experience is relevant and academic qualifications not pick the experienced. I did not go to university.
A good education wisdom and common sense do not always go together. Is your experienced candidate a fly by night? I would suggest that a ambitious graduate with those sort of quaals will be in any event

Answer 4

It would depend entirely on what the job was. If I were looking for someone to work in my restaurant, I think that the one with fewer qualifications and lost of experience would be a better bet. If, on the other hand, I wanted someone to work in my bank, I'd go for the one with a master's degree in maths, as he would probably have more potential.

Answer 5

The former, unless I absolutely had to have maths expertise.

Reasons: assuming i have taken references, I know the former doesn't turn up late, doesn't throw short notice sickies, is easy to work with, isn't a back stabbing git etc.

The latter thinks qualifications are everything, whereas in most non-academic workplaces they matter extraordinarily little. Things like honesty and reliability are vital, however.

I employ 26 people. I'm way more qualified than 25 of them. The better qualified bloke works for ("under") me. The person who has the most responsibility and is actually our day to day manager (even though I technically employ her) has one NVQ level 3 but loads of experience.

Answer 6

depends on the job and what the employer is looking for; the most important is potential, company fit, etc... if i'm looking for someone who has experience doing what i need and has the heart and dedication to stick with it and learn; then i will completely disregard education... if the job entails the skill sets that only someone with a masters in math would understand than...

Answer 7

If the experience was relevant to the job the experienced person. Degrees are no good if you cant actually do the work.

Answer 8

its all down to personality how i felt about them on first meeting. if i didnt like them i wouldnt hire them even though they were perfect for the job. i'd rather work with 10 lazy sods that i got on with and had a laugh than 1 industrious worker who was a two faced ****

Answer 9

depends on whether the below average candidate has had work exp in the field your deciding whether to emply them on,
being brainy does not always make ppl a better employee

Answer 10

simple answer is the one with common sense.. yer u can go to uni.. but still have no common sense..

uni life and study is far different from the REAL world..

perhaps give each of them a trial.. or have them on a temporary contract