[IxDA Discuss] Hiring Strategies (was: Potential interviewquestions...)

[Will Evans]

Dan wrote: "The desire to do great work, keep learning, and always
add value is what gets my interest."

Given two candidates, one with a 10 in passion for IxD, 7 in skills -
the other with a 7 in passion and a 10 in skills, I would probably opt
for the more passionate candidate, assuming they are also passionate
about learning :-)

Speaking of learning - has anyone noticed a shift over the past 10
years in many businesses in which hiring has shifted away from
growing great people, their knowledge, the development - to hiring
rockstars? It seems that I have noticed many more companies that are
unwilling to pay for continuing education, professional development,
training, etc. I can't think that my company is the only one that
explicitly does not pay for training or professional development and
believes that any an employee does should be done on their own time,
on their own dime. 
Maybe we could start another thread on professional development and
training for people in the UX community. Which companies support it -
which ones don't...

-Will


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