I was reading an interview article of a CEO in a big company.
What strikes me about this interview is this. Many people wonder how this CEO can jump from one industry to another, because the domain knowledge is all different. To which he answered, "Managing one business isn't all that different from managing another. I brought to each job management experience that I accumulated over the years. Ultimately, I'm a business manager. We manage a business, resources, human capital. In that regard, there are a lot of portable skills that I can take from one company and industry to another." Why are CEOs able to jump from one industry to another without having to start all over? For the rest of others, we're lucky if we ever get to join a different industry, let alone starting from below. Most human resources personnels, even managers who are doing the recruiting focus on education, skills, experiences and other attributes such as communication skills, problem solving skills, etc. In a broader sense, we can categorize them into portable and not portable skills. If you are working as an engineer, took a degree in finance and would like to apply for a banking job, your skills and experiences in engineering are not portable. But if you are involved in some budgeting works, that experience may be portable, depending on the job requirement. The rest like communication skills, problem solving skills are all portable. Problems arise because we often view skills that are not portable as more important than those portable. Given a pile of resumes, what do the recruiters usually do? They scan through the pile and fish out those with relevant education and experience. Then they check for other things like achievements, length of stay in each job, awards, etc. They narrow down to a few candidates and invite them for interview. From there, they will assess their other skills. Assuming all things being equal, would you rather employ someone with experience but no desire to learn? Or would you employ someone with no experience but the desire to learn? What if you place portable skills ahead of those not portable? Invite all those who write in for a first meeting together. Give them a project and ask them to submit it in one week. They can choose whatever way they want to present their results. Slides, video, article, ebook or whatever. Then invite those whom you believe are the better ones for a second interview. You'll get a lot of talents from diverse backgrounds and opens your organization to new exposure. Imagine everyone is a CEO.
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