Hiring system

Jason Shen’s full TED talk- Looking for a job? Highlight your ability, not your experience.

https://www.ted.com/talks/jason_shen_looking_for_a_job_highlight_your_ability_not_your_experience?language=en

Hiring system, we build in the 20^th century are failing, and causing us to miss out on people with incredible potential.

Only a quarter of graduates, work in the field that relate to their degree,

We all know of people who were overlooked or ignored at first but went on to prove the critics wrong. Brian Acton – engineer who was rejected by Twitter and Facebook, cofounded whatsapp with Jan Koum.

With the speed in which automation is happening, we all should expect to do the jobs, which we have not done before, for the rest of our career.

What are the tools and strategies to identify, tomorrow’s high performers?

Three ideas to take forward:

1. Expand your search: If you keep looking the way you have been doing, you will get what you have been getting. No one person holds monopoly or talent. Look beyond major tech hubs. Focus on portfolios and not pedigrees.
2. Hire for performance: Headlight – hiring performance. Demonstrate skill. Don’t wait for employer to ask, seek out and show.
3. Get the bigger picture – Don’t label a person job hopper based on resume or reject anyone based on their name or current location. Until we get holistic view of someone, our judgement of them will be wrong.

We could live in a world, were people can realise full potential, by showcasing their real talent.  

He got his job, as he created a dummy site for the company, before going for the interview, to showcase his knowledge and talent.