TrickyRicky
Senior Member
In defence of "canadian experience"?
So in previous posts I've argued my opinion that bias, including those which are racially based not only exist here in this city but have profound impact on hiring practices and socialization. There is also likely no strong argument to discount foreign based credentials and knowledge from a technical standpoint. In many countries entry to say professional programs is so competitive that it takes a higher calibre of aptitude then it would to complete Canadian based programs. This however does not necessarily suggest that "canadian experience" is irrelevent. If a group of employees forms a team, the performance of the group often supercedes the importance of individual merit. Using this argument one can follow that regardless of competency the inability of an employee to integrate with the group both functionally and socially is a detriment to the performance of the company at large. The fact that an applicant has no "Canadian experience" does not suggest he/she would not be able to integrate with the work group culture here...but than having a degree in a subject does not guarantee competency in the subject matter either.
So in previous posts I've argued my opinion that bias, including those which are racially based not only exist here in this city but have profound impact on hiring practices and socialization. There is also likely no strong argument to discount foreign based credentials and knowledge from a technical standpoint. In many countries entry to say professional programs is so competitive that it takes a higher calibre of aptitude then it would to complete Canadian based programs. This however does not necessarily suggest that "canadian experience" is irrelevent. If a group of employees forms a team, the performance of the group often supercedes the importance of individual merit. Using this argument one can follow that regardless of competency the inability of an employee to integrate with the group both functionally and socially is a detriment to the performance of the company at large. The fact that an applicant has no "Canadian experience" does not suggest he/she would not be able to integrate with the work group culture here...but than having a degree in a subject does not guarantee competency in the subject matter either.