Some employers think that formal academic qualifications are more important than life experiences and personal qualities when they look for an employee. Why is it the case? Is it a positive or negative development?

Some recruiters give more value to a college or university

degree

than personal attributes and experiences.

This

essay shall look into the reasons that can be attributed to

this

phenomenon. In my

opinion it

Accept comma addition

opinion, it

is a negative development. It is easy to see why some employers give more stress on a

degree

than experiences. Undoubtedly, academic qualifications are important because just as clothing is to

first

impressions, so is a university

degree

to a

first

job

or a

job

with a good pay. A

degree

simply proves that an individual has acquired the necessary academic knowledge of how to carry out a

job

. Having a

degree

most definitely helps the recruiters in hiring suitable candidates.

However

, ignoring a person's

experiences

Suggestion

experience

and skills is not good. Personal skills and life experiences are

also

as important as good qualifications while recruiting new employees. There are many

personal

Suggestion

personality

traits

such

as creativity, adaptability, honesty, integrity, and effort, which are

also

important. A university

degree

does not signal whether a person has those traits. A

degree

does not indicate in any way, how a person will function in the real world. Hands- on skills and

practice

Suggestion

practical

experience are more important in the present scenario.

That is

why it is a negative development if employers do not put emphasis on personal traits.

Moreover

, it has been seen that when recruitment focused largely on candidate's technical skills and expertise, with relatively little attention given to soft skills,

then

it resulted in hiring employees who had the intellect to succeed but lacked the social skills required to work effectively.

This

resulted in interpersonal conflict and frustration and sometimes

such

employees had to leave the

job

. What is more,

such

employees were unable to handle the social demand of leadership and so had to remain at lower level jobs. In summary, it is understandable why employers give importance to qualifications. I consider it negative because I believe that personal skills and experience are as important as qualifications.