By Jon Swenson
Midas Resources
Both at the national and local level, we are suddenly hearing concerns about the qualifications, or lack of same, that various candidates bring to potential political roles. While this awakening must appear to be terribly unfair to those in the public sector, those of us in the private sector who have had to actually compete for a position are quite familiar with phrases like, “Experience required in,” or ” Qualified applicants must have…” or even worse yet, “A minimum x years as a y are essential.”
Politicians are obviously spared this major inconvenient step in the hiring process. For them, it is and has always been a simple matter of who do you know, show me the dough, and how many folks are you willing to whatever. Quickly do a mental review of some of the people we have sent to Washington. For the vast majority of them, their resume in the real world would never generate
so much as an initial interview.