[MotorCityBuck]

LOL!
There is always a percentage of new hires that don't pan out. An equal part of the blame can be managers who don't know what their doing hiring the wrong person for the position. I always have some "teaching" to do that college just doesn't prepare them for. That's part of my job as it was for those before me that helped me. The key is recognize whom to ask for help. :) As my Father said.."Be careful who you ask for help, as they may have been doing it Wrong for 40 years." Thanks Dad.

[dfwgator]

Do high schoolers work anymore? That’s where we learned to develop a work ethic. And if you didn’t have a job in high school, you were a loser.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

An equal part of the blame can be managers who don't know what their doing hiring the wrong person for the position.

Sadly you are partly right.

HR is who writes the requirements, selects who will get through to be interviewed and they rarely have any idea what the actual requirements of the job are.

The department managers usually have little or no say as to who they will be interviewing.

Once had a case where they had a temp that had been in the job for a few months and was doing great. The boss told her to apply for the job. Her CV never hit his desk so he assumed that she didn't want the job. So he went with another candidate. On her last day he told her that he was sorry to see her go and she asked, "then why didn't you at least interview me?"

HR had decided that she "was not a good fit" because she did not have a degree and had put her application in file 13. She had been doing the job just fine without one. But they knew better.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

As my Father said.."Be careful who you ask for help, as they may have been doing it Wrong for 40 years." Thanks Dad.

Indeed. When I was starting up power plants in my early and mid 20s (50 years ago), I had to train crews how to operate the new equipment. I was training people 10-30 years older than me and you can imagine how that went. I saw some horrific and unsafe practices and I would always hear "But that's how Joe taught me to do it and that's how we've always done it here."

"Untraining" those bad habits was a lot harder than training a new, inexperienced person just starting out.

[alternatives?]

The managers only get to interview candidates who pass the HR screens.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I had a co-worker who spoke of 15 years of experience. After brief acquaintance it was obvious it was 1 year of experience 15 times.