There are many interesting videos about Talks to watch before a job interview on TED Talks. But there is a fascinating and intriguing video that helps me learn something new and widen my knowledge about my career and the video is called "Why the best hire might not have the perfect resume". It has been regarded that topics about recruitment, resumes, and any resources involving getting a job have been controversial and were always debatable and discussed throughout our career life. This blog will reflect and come to conclusions about the valuable lessons from watching this video.
At the outset, the speaker mentioned two types of people that recruiters, specifically the speaker, and her colleague, created two official terms for these categories - "the Silver Spoons", who are the group of people with a good academic studying at prestigious academic institutes, flawless resume, and possessing a great number of recommendations, etc. and "the Scrappers", who are studying from a decent or state academic institutes, possessing a decent amount of jobs along with some of the odd jobs such as cashier, and cleaners, etc.
Based on the description of "the Silver Spoons", it is clear that this group has a higher advantage of being hired. However, it is "the Scrappers" that are being hired not "the Silver Spoons". There are few reasons why recruiters want to hire "the Scrappers" instead of "the Silver Spoons". Initially, even if an individual receives an excellent and luxurious education, and being a part of a professional well-known social group such as Golden Key or ACS, etc., but not possessing any real-life experiences will not only be a burden to the hiring companies but also slip away a good opportunity in developing and advancing the career. On the other hand, "the Scrappers" do not only have the experiences aligning with the hiring companies' requirement and criteria but they also possess some external and external skillsets along with having been through many obstacles that life throws at and manage to overcome them are the main criteria that many companies are looking.
Overall, it can be agreed that even if you have a good education, but without real-life experiences and facing obstacles and hardship that life throws at, it is hard to be employed by HR managers or recruiters. As long as we have any working experiences from volunteering for an op shop to being a cleaner for a university, the chances of being employed will be increased and they will help us in advancing our career along with refining some of our skillsets and learn additional skills and knowledge.
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