What is more important. Education or Experience.

Canada
December 10, 2006 1:34pm CST
If you had a choice between hiring two people and one had more experience than education would you choose that person?
9 responses
• United States
10 Dec 06
It's a combination I think.
• United States
10 Dec 06
I think I would pick the experience.
@birthlady (5609)
• United States
22 Dec 06
It would depend upon the field. In some fields, experience is more important than education, as there are things you learn in life, that you cannot learn in school. In my field, as a Doula, if I had a company and were hiring Doulas, I'd go for experience over education.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
10 Dec 06
I would say experience, I hated school and was quite dumb at school, I feel I learnt nothing at school, luckily my parents taught me common sense and I am not fooling myself when I say I have done better than some of my well educated friends, as I have always saif common sense does not come with a certificate.
• Pakistan
13 Dec 06
I choose that who has experience.
• United States
11 Dec 06
Education can only take you so far... but I have learned more valuable lessons about life from my experiences than I have learned from my education.
• India
20 Dec 06
mine thing is Education with experience will have more qualification .
• Canada
10 Dec 06
For me education is the most important thing. You can gain experience without education but you cannot educate yourself with experience.
@suscan (1955)
• United States
10 Dec 06
I think the person who has the most experience would be my choice. So often education does not make the better or more knowledgable worker. You see that a lot in health care,newer methods of clinical have made experience so much more valuable
• United States
10 Dec 06
experience because they can work under pressure and they dont just look good on paper