{"id":16148,"date":"2023-03-30T14:20:21","date_gmt":"2023-03-30T14:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epidata.net\/es\/?p=16148"},"modified":"2023-10-03T14:15:16","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T14:15:16","slug":"por-que-los-anos-de-experiencia-laboral-no-son-determinantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/backup.epidata.net\/en\/why-is-work-experience-no-longer-a-determining-factor\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is work experience no longer a determining factor?"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_direction_desktop=”default” column_element_spacing=”default” desktop_text_alignment=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_backdrop_filter=”none” font_color=”#000000″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]At Epidata, we firmly believe in building work teams based on values such as merit, responsibility, and <\/span>diversity<\/span><\/a>, through policies that promote equal opportunities. And this implies understanding that work experience is no longer a determining factor when selecting new talent.<\/span><\/p>\n

Having “X” years of work experience, in such a dynamic world as the present, does not in itself signify a value. On the contrary, <\/span>it is human values and technical knowledge that determine someone’s aptitude for a position<\/b>, regardless of how many years they have been working in a particular industry in the same way.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Therefore, it becomes necessary to lead a paradigm shift in personnel selection processes, which involves ceasing to promote and conduct searches for collaborators based on the criterion of “work experience”, and beginning to focus on knowledge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, <\/span>at Epidata we will stop considering all job offers that focus on “work experience” as valid, discriminating selection according to “time” variables<\/b>. We invite you to discover why we believe that time is not a teacher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Time is not a teacher: values and skills are more important than work experience<\/span><\/h2>\n

The world of work is characterized enormously by a particular trait: its dynamism. We do not use the same applications, languages, or development methodologies that we did 10, 5, or even 2 years ago. After all, the pandemic has generated a change in perspective around technology, but also about the way we work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Since the pandemic, more and more organizations decided to build a better workplace by orienting themselves towards remote work, understanding all the virtues of productivity, efficiency, and comfort, without losing sight of the commitment to take on new innovative challenges for the market.<\/span><\/p>\n

But are job search processes up to such a transformation? It seems not. We consider that measuring a person’s professional “value” by the years they have been doing a task does not make much sense. In the present day, evaluating work experience when hiring someone could be counterproductive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Having “10 years of experience” does not necessarily mean something relevant to the current industry. <\/span>Does this mean that experience is worthless in the market? No, quite the opposite<\/b>. According to the RAE, experience is “knowledge of something, or skill for it, acquired by having done it, lived it, felt it or suffered it one or more times.” Experience is knowledge, and the focus is on measuring knowledge, not “task years”.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Epidata, promoting equal job opportunities since 2003<\/span><\/h2>\n

The elimination of searches based on the “years of work experience” criterion is just one of how we have been promoting equal opportunities since 2003<\/b>. Since then we have worked on several things that we decided to do because we truly believe in them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, “blind CVs” is another way to avoid discrimination based on work experience, as well as sex, and other prejudices. We feel that it is a form of discrimination that has become naturalized in the market and that needs to be changed. <\/span>Therefore, we emphasize and seek to ensure that there is no discrimination of any kind at Epidata<\/b>.<\/span><\/p>\n