Often time on a job advert or promotion in an organisation, or consideration based on established policies, Age and number of years spent on the job or organisation are often considered or stressed. is it not possible to spend less years and have better experience on that job or organisation?
And for a researchers, can higher number of publications match up with experience of some one though less number of publication, but built reputation?
Input needed.
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It is probably the academic excellence of the staff-members of an organization from whom young staffs gather experience in course of time.
You raise an interesting and challenging question. Is 20 years of experience additive or merely repetitive? It is generally understood that expertise takes a decade to develop, but how can one tell if a decade has yielded expertise or merely a repetitive cycle of naivete?
Instead of comparing job candidates based on proxies for expertise, I would suggest comparison based on outputs, but even that is problematic. As Google scholar citations, the RG factor, and other developing metrics indicate for academics, none are perfect, so the use of outputs for comparison will often mislead decision-makers.
To muddy the waters even further, there are certain occupational categories that tend to reward incompetence with promotions. Just look at the mid-level administrators in virtually any academic setting for examples. How many of them are compliant desk-fillers who were disasters in the classroom and ineffective as researchers?
In an ideal world, every candidate would receive personalized assessment of his/her experience, accomplishments, and potential. It is a rare organization that would invest so much effort in filling a single position.
Thank a lot Peter A Kindle,
"In an ideal world, every candidate would receive personalized assessment of his/her experience, accomplishments, and potential. It is a rare organization that would invest so much effort in filling a single position"
Thanks Subir Bandyopadhyay
Learning from experienced people is important. Mentoring can aid fast learning on a job!
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