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Practically which is more important for you to a candidate while hiring? 1. Academic Qualification. 2. Relevant Experience.

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Question added by Mohamed Shadeek , Project Supervisor , Backoffice Management Solutions. FZE
Date Posted: 2017/05/08
Ramaswamy Subramanian
by Ramaswamy Subramanian , Manager , Siemens Information Systems Ltd

Experience matters the most but coupled with qualification, it can take your career graph fast upwards

Leandra Mae Concepcion
by Leandra Mae Concepcion , Staff Nurse , Al Rabea Medical Complex

Hello there,

pratically speaking, nowadays most of the employers looking or their basis was the relevant work experience of the applicant. 

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

They are both important.  But neither is very important.  The most important thing is character. 

Example.  The job is mending and altering clothes.  There are two candidates, A and B.

CVs

Candidate A:  PhD in astrophysics;  3 years experience of mending and repairing clothes during which time they invented a new sewing stitch

Candidate B: dropped out of school; no experience in sewing industry

Which are you going to hire?

 

Interviews

Candidate A: 20 minutes late; inappropriately dressed; racist to receptionist on the way in; filthy fingernails and a general aroma of rotting sweat; conducts lewd phone conversation with Tinder contact during the interview; no discernible interest in the job

Candidate B; impeccable presentation; friendly, keen and enthusiastic; dropped out of school due to ill health of parents, and thanks to consequent poverty had to make clothes last; keen to make a career in clothing; willing to work for half pay while they learn and has already arranged extra evening classes in sewing

Who are you going to hire now?

Nadjib RABAHI
by Nadjib RABAHI , Freelancer , My own account

The two are as important, the one from the other

But this will depend more on the description of the position, the objectives, the responsibilities and the key tasks as well as the qualities required to occupy it

Vijay Babu Natarajan
by Vijay Babu Natarajan , Technical Soln. Representative II , DXC Technology (Hewlett Packard Enterprises)

Normally Academic wont work at this situtaion Since Relevant Experience plays more roll in this