A short YouTube monologue (by Dr. Nneka Unachukwu) advising employers to hire for attitude and company-fit first and train for skills later. The speaker argues COVID made customer delivery and retention more difficult, so employers should seek candidates who specifically want the role at their company and who can be flexible amid ongoing flux.
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Hire for attitude and then you train for skill. I mean that was a cute saying pre pandemic, but now it's not a cute saying. Like you, you, you need that, right? Like you need that because the times are more challenging. Being on the customer delivery side of things is more challenging. I think Covid made the whole world angry. So it's kind of like more difficult, you know, and you have to be more flexible. Things are changing, things are in flux. And, and so if you don't have the attitude for it, it's such a problem. And the other thing is wanting the, not just wanting an opportunity but wanting this opportunity. Right? Because the fact that someone says I'm going to work with you doesn't mean one week later they won't say I found something else. Right? And so you're looking for someone who wants not just that job like a role, they want the job in your company.