ADVERTISEMENTFor many U.S. companies, the most common approach to fill job openings is to recruit, interview, hire and train. No doubt this is a hold over from the old paradigm where employee loyalty was practically guaranteed and a worker's skills would take them from college graduation through retirement. Even if you beat the odds and hire the perfect fit for the job, the realities of emerging technology will make their skills obsolete long before their career ends. The worker's skills have been assessed on the job and it is relatively easy to evaluate their readiness to tackle added responsibility. The easiest and least expensive way to avoid hiring failures is to educate and train your best workers.

Source: Huffington Post August 17, 2016 21:00 UTC