Years of experience as qualify for a job

I couldn't wait to start working and earning money to buy all the things I was denied as a kid. I thought it was that simple until I searched for job ads and they were all asking for this no of years of experience, that no of years of experience and I wondered how one was to get those years of experience if no one ever took a chance on anybody.

Which brings me to the topic of my discussion today which is years of experience.

Now you go through a job description and they tell you not to apply if you don't have 5 years or 10 years experience and it makes me wonder if really years of experience should be a major criterion to qualify one for a job. I believe everyone should be given a fair chance when applying for a job role. I believe anyone is trainable, the just concluded big brother naija season 4 pepper dem made me realise this.

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Why you might ask. It's because the housemates were given various tasks to carry out in different fields they were not previously experienced in. And with just a task brief they were able to carry out the tasks like they had been previously trained in how to execute them. And of course the housemates put in a lot more effort when they knew that the reward was monetary.

This here made me realize that as long as the reward is "juicy" everyone literally has the ability to carry out any task or job description.

I feel employers should adopt such measures when interviewing candidates for a role in their organization. I know it maybe tasking but I think it is worth going through the stress to sieve out the employees that are suited to a particular task this way. The organization when they call for application should first of all have an aptitude test for prospective candidates. The aptitude test should be a mix of general everyday activities to current affairs and to topics relevant to the job description. This will help to sieve out people who have general knowledge of their environment, who pay attention to detail, who can follow simple instructions and of course have an idea of the field of study or the category of the job being applied for. I will write a separate article on examples of questions that could be asked.

When the aptitude test has sieved the people who are teachable or trainable then organisations can prepare various job briefs centered around the field of study or the category of the job being applied for and then applicants are given a time frame to work with and the person with the best end result is given the job because it shows that the individual was able to carry out a task which he might have just come across for the first time, and he was able to carry it out within the stipulated time given after following the j task brief.

This shows that the candidate can literally carry out any given task he or she might be given as an employee within the stipulated time frame. This method shows the organization that

1. The candidate can follow instructions.
2. Can meet deadlines even when out under pressure.
3. Pay attention to details.
4. Is dynamic, can adapt to any and every situation.

I believe using this method is a small price to pay for any organization looking for that diamond in the rough that will eventually help in transforming that aspect of work in which they require someone to carry out.

Because believe me though years of experience is important, it can't really predict what an individual is really capable of. Just with a set of instructions and the right training almost everyone can do absolutely anything.