You may know her. No? Well, let me remind you. She’s the one that, although she seemed genuinely willing to work hard to learn what your company does and how it does things, you wanted an “experienced” person. She just seemed too young and inexperienced. Yeah, she had the minimum credentials, and her demeanor was as professional as you’d seen in any of the other candidates, especially those who did have the experience you thought you were seeking. She just needed more exposure.
WAIT! Here she comes! You recognize her. She recognizes you! She smiles at you as she walks past your office. She’s heading directly to your boss’s office. What is she here for? You quickly get on the net to find out what’s going on. It could affect you since you’re up for a promotion.
You receive several replies from trusted colleagues. It seems that one of them took a chance on her. They hired her just after you rejected her. As a matter of fact, she went to that interview immediately after you told her that she wasn’t qualified. Experience, remember? That was six months ago. In six months, she’s learned pretty much everything the staff at your competitor’s business knows and more. She brought in new ideas on how to improve the business and asked questions that the other folks who’ve worked there for a very long time only had answers for. The one answer most often given being, “We’ve always done it that way.”
“What’s she here for?” you wonder. It doesn’t take long after she leaves your boss’s office that you’re given a good idea. Your boss sends out an all-hands email asking everyone to meet in the conference room tomorrow morning to welcome the new hire for the position you were expecting to be promoted to.
After the meeting, you pull your boss aside and ask her why she hired the outsider when you were expecting to move up. She simply replied, “You haven’t got the experience….” Now, do you remember her?
bob vásquez!
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