Who would you go for smart worker or hard worker?

i think a smart worker knows what to do, how to do, when to do and where to do efforts to accomplish the tasks.

Its a good question, but i prefer a hard worker, because you dont need intellegence to work hard and finish your work. 

Hard workers have determination and will power, and always remain faithful and dedicated to work hard.

Depends on the job specs you are recruiting for.

If the you just need another cog in the machine then you need someone who will be told what to do and how. Someone with no ambition and have moderate abilities.

but if the job needs creativity then go to the smart worker

I will always go for the 'hard worker', as they remain sincere, dedicated and result bound with the assigned work.

hard working suit best , because by hard working we can gain skills and experience but in smart working we would get career grouth fast but it lack skills and experience.

Hard working is commonly known as doing work in a traditional way with some physical capacities and without planning and reaching the goal without no shortcut and proper coordination.

Smart working which means out of box thinking, working with proper planning, and reaching the goal with shortcuts wherever its necessary.. Its told that success has no shortcuts but if working in a proper and coordinated manner there is no point in telling that its a shortcut because if a project is there and it can be completed in four hours and you take eight hours working hard then there is no point working so hard because in corporate world there are some things which needs to be completed on time.

What I believe is Smart work & hard work go together. If you are an agent of any insurance company & you are working for customer satisfaction by giving policies & your department / office head is happy with you but you are not achieving your required targets then at the end of the time you will get your normal commission. However if you maintain your targets & satisfy customers as well then you would get a very good commission. You would have got brilliant chances of promotion if you are doing smart work including hard work. Such kind of person is noticed by his Managers & supervisors, but if a person will keep on doing hard work like a spider does to climb the wall then it will take a very long time for him to get promoted.

Smart work in an industry means your manager should notice that you are doing hard work & taking care of the entire team in the absence of your team leader.