Do not be fooled by assuming that education = expertise.
Do not be fooled by assuming expertise = results.
Do not discount experience.
The HR hiring departments of many organizations seek qualifications, expertise and experience when trying to fill a position.
Paper tells very little. The person can tell/show you a lot.
Start with experience – it is the practitioners who do the work regularly and on a continual bases who know what results look like.
Experience is: hands on doing, maturity in the industry and holds the foundational knowledge leading to the role.
Next, vet their expertise – some gain it by reading, some by doing; some both ways.
Use the interview to clarify if the expertise is that which they ‘tell’ you they know or if it is actual knowledge pertaining to the role.
Let education be the last thing you look for, not the first. Use it to select the candidate from your short list of practitioners.
Remember: You want to hire people who can DO the job, not look impressive. Your role is to decipher who those people are and then determine if they are a good fit for the values and goals of the company and team for whom they are being recruited.
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