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Re:How to hire low experience, high potential people by agumonkey on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @11:25AM (#39290489)
out of curiosity, do you often run into low aptitude + low drive but highly politically skilled ? do they get caught early ?
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Re:How to hire low experience, high potential people by CharlieDigital on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @11:42AM (#39290740)
It has happened. But generally, at least in tech, it is possible to filter this out with a good tech screen.
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Re:How to hire low experience, high potential people by ska on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @02:30PM (#39293090)
> low drive but highly politically skilled

These two don't really match up, they are just driven for different things I suspect.

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Re:How to hire low experience, high potential people by agumonkey on Wednesday February 07, 2024 @11:05PM (#39297957)
low drive toward efforts :)
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