Employment

I’ve read the article from the World
business newspaper FINANCIAL TIMES. This article about: “How to select the best
candidates—and avoid the worst?” I think all companies have this problem.

Investing thousands of pounds in the
recruitment and training of each new graduate recruit may be just the
beginning. Choosing the wrong candidate may leave an organization paying for
years to come.

Few companies will have escaped all
of the following failures: people who panic at the 1st sign of stress, people
who seem incapable of learning, unstable people.

The 1st point to bear in mind at the
recruitment stage is that people don’t change. Intelligence levels decline
modestly, but change little over their working life. The same is true of
abilities, such as learning languages and handling numbers.

Most people like to think that
personality can change, particularly the more negative features. But date
affected over 50 years gives a clear message: still stable after all these
years. Personal crises can affect the way we cope with things: we might take up
or drop drink, drugs. Skills can be improved, and new ones introduced, but at
rather different rates. People can be groomed for a job. Of course, people can be
sent on training courses, diplomas, but better to select for what you actually
see rather than attempt to change it.

I think that people can change
during their life. They grow up and change their world view and ideology. They
get a lot of information during their life, they reed books, meet new people,
go around different society. In these circumstances people can’t stay the same
during their whole life.