​Should you hire for attitude or skills?

Hiring the right people for your team is one of the most important decisions you'll make as a business leader. But how do you know who is the right fit? Should you hire for attitude or skills?

The short & easiest answer is both! Attitude is essential for any successful team. You need to make sure the person you hire has the right attitude, enthusiasm and willingness to learn and develop. But you also need to make sure that they have the right base level of skills required to do the job to the best of their ability, especially if the role is quite a technical / skills-focused role (think IT or marketing technology-focused roles). 

You could argue that attitude can't be taught, but skills can, so hiring for attitude is more important.  This is a very valid point and one that I firmly believe in. Better to have a team with the right attitude, drivers and willingness to learn new skills, than a team that perhaps has the right skills but doesn't display the attitude and application to produce great results.

The key, in that case, is to look for candidates who have the potential to develop the skills they need BUT, very importantly, the right attitude to fit into and drive the team forward

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