Hire character. Train skill

Thought for the Day - "Hire character. Train skill." ~Peter Schutz

In today's work place, skills will always have to be updated and a candidates current skill set may only reflect the type of work they were exposed to in their previous employment.

Character in terms of capacity to deal with change, to be accountable, to not stand idly by if they witness sharp practice are perhaps qualities that will be of more use in the work place than the current skill level.

That's the easy bit, the hard part is recognising, defining and measuring character. But that is a discussion for another day. Right now I'm hoping you recognise character when you see it, most of us do.