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Which is more important in hiring an applicant, experience or education?

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Question added by Jennifer Duenas , Freelance Private Tutor , Private
Date Posted: 2016/10/01
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by Deleted user

More important is education.

Duncan Robertson
by Duncan Robertson , Strategy Consultant , Duncan Robertson Consultancy

I answer this question every week.  It is neither.  Search my posts.

Mark Smart
by Mark Smart , Vice President , Daruna Development Construction & Development Company

I believe the experience is most important and compliments education.  Hands-on learning, especially learning from our mistakes, becomes etched in our minds at a deep level and when needed, we can refer to our experiences to make the best decisions.  

Khalid Zia
by Khalid Zia , Senior Civil Engineer , Jacobs International LLC

Experienced get with come across the field problems for which you wont get the solution in any of the book.So for field job experienced person is suitable rather than having higher education.In teaching line education should be higher.

Marius Terblanche
by Marius Terblanche , Project /construction management , MST Management (Pty) Ltd

Experience to me is more important that education, you can educate yourself through experience.

Basil Alaya
by Basil Alaya , Executive Producer , Iceberg Production

Experience by far is the asset to look for, education can come with experience, experience is never taught.

Wilfredo Adona
by Wilfredo Adona , Assistant Manager , Eagle’s Nes

Education is useless without experience, but without education, we won't be getting the experience.

Again my answer is education first to attain experience. No need to have a lengthy answer because for me it's logical to have the education first because it's a gauge to be accepted to the job that we are applying for.

Jalal Hussein Ali Musa Al'omari
by Jalal Hussein Ali Musa Al'omari , Civil Engineer , Local Office

There may be HR Managers and Executives that lean one way or another, but for those coming up through the ranks, both is the best way to go. More college and university students are spending time taking on internships and getting as much work experience as possible before graduation. Clearly this experience along with their degree will prove extremely useful when entering the workforce.

Experience on the court, on the playing field, track, or any athletic venue can contribute some very positive attributes for a well-rounded, loyal and hard working employee.

suman sarkar
by suman sarkar , Operation Manager, Business development , RAFCO

Education is required for the competency and the experience will provide right approach and attitude. Many crucial problems can easily be solved by using experience.A good sound experience provides you knowledge and confidence.

Debasis Kundu
by Debasis Kundu , Sr. Management , pdcl

Education is most important in hiring an applicant and beside you can trained that person for your goal..

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by Deleted user

 

Education lays a foundation for strong fundamentals. I think it depends for example I'm a software professional and hire software engineers day in and day out for my various teams.

 

There is significant difference between ‘code monkey’ and ‘smart coder’. Given a task, anyone can write code but how modular and future ready it is?

 

Education plays important role in laying those fundaments correct like how to write layered code, how to make proper use of design patterns so that code written today is future ready for expansion and change in requirements. Experience teaches you at very superficial level but core strong foundation at degree level is core fundamental. That’s the reason we go for premier institutes like IIT for search of candidates.