There is a skill out there for everyone. In order to fill this so called ‘Skills Gap”, I think we all need to invest in our employees and train them to the standards we all want and desire. Merely posting a job description online is not a good way of finding the right employee. Often times we sacrifice personality over experience. When we sacrifice that way, we are rolling the dice on a personality that may not work or fit. First let’s start out by determining the skill we are looking for. Of course, it is always going to benefit you if you can hire from within. Second determine the lowest benchmark for that job. I think it is more important to invest in an employee and get them up to standards. With a little bit of training with the benchmarks that need to be met, we can work our new team member into the job we want and we can choose the desired speed in which we train the “newbie”. This is a two-fold advantage for the company: 1. The first advantage comes once you build that ...