Newness keeps you up to date and marketable.
When many organizations
have a job opening, they will look for someone who is preferably a
clone of the person who is being replaced. The only exception is when
you are laid off because there was a total misfit. So, they look for
the same education, age, gender, and experience. They really want
someone who did almost exactly the same job in a similar
organization. Their thinking is that they will limit the risk of
failure in this way.
This practice is
completely outdated now. What you need as an organization is newness,
someone who looks at the issues with a new and fresh perspective.
Only then will you be able to grow and to outsmart the competition.
It is like the saying about insanity: to do the same thing over and
over again and to expect different results.
This is even more
important for the individual employee, for the job-applicant. If you
keep on doing the job in a similar way, for many years and only
switch organizations, then you loose your edge, your sharpness and
above all your motivation! And when they no longer need you, you will
find yourself to be totally un-marketable. As you are stuck in your
old routines, you have missed the changes in the market and you no
longer fit in.
So, for both the
organization as well as for the individual it is crucial to hire
people with different backgrounds and experiences and who are very
savvy about the market trends. Are you on top of what is happening
now or are you still living in the past?
GROW
YOUR PEOPLE, GROW YOUR BUSINESS!
