Job Descriptions Weed Out Stars, Leaving Just The Dregs

Are job descriptions doing more harm than good? Lou Adler thinks so.

How could this be? You go to a job board and find a posting and if it doesn’t say “the candidate must have 10 years of experience in PR” then how do you know what they’re looking for?

But consider this, says Adler. “Top performers tend to get promoted more rapidly than under-performers. As a result, after a few years, they have less overall experience than the average person in the same job.