Recruitment & Employer Branding
Hiring for Potential, Not Just Experience
Hiring for Potential, Not Just Experience
Experience matters — but potential often matters more. When you hire for potential, you invest in growth, culture, and the future of your team. Use this roadmap to learn how to spot it, value it, and use it in your hiring strategy.
Experience matters — but potential often matters more. When you hire for potential, you invest in growth, culture, and the future of your team. Use this roadmap to learn how to spot it, value it, and use it in your hiring strategy.
Understand What "Potential" Really Is
Understand What "Potential" Really Is
Learn the traits that show someone has future-growth power, even if they don’t have a long resume.
Learn the traits that show someone has future-growth power, even if they don’t have a long resume.
Spot Potential in Interviews & Assessments
Spot Potential in Interviews & Assessments
When talking with candidates, use questions and tasks that reveal mindset, learning ability, adaptability — things not shown on a CV.
Know When to Choose Experience vs Potential
Know When to Choose Experience vs Potential
Some roles need skills now; others benefit more from someone who will grow with the role. Learn when which approach fits best.
Some roles need skills now; others benefit more from someone who will grow with the role. Learn when which approach fits best.
Build Processes to Hire for Potential
Build Processes to Hire for Potential
Put in place tools and practices to reliably evaluate potential — assessments, structured interviews, feedback loops.
Put in place tools and practices to reliably evaluate potential — assessments, structured interviews, feedback loops.
Reflection
Reflection
When I review a job candidate, what non-experience traits will I always look for — and how will I make sure I see them during the hiring process?
When I review a job candidate, what non-experience traits will I always look for — and how will I make sure I see them during the hiring process?
When I review a job candidate, what non-experience traits will I always look for — and how will I make sure I see them during the hiring process?
Write it down somewhere you’ll remember. Reflection beats scrolling.
Write it down somewhere you’ll remember. Reflection beats scrolling.
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