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As a hiring manager or HR what do you consider more important in a candidate? 1. Qualifications 2. Skills 3. Positive Attitude 4. Experience

Please details out your answer in the priority, not just for the sake of being diplomatic on the job site, imagine yourself in the situation and what would you do practically. 

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Question added by Gautam Pendharkar , Senior Consultant Digital Marketing , Capgemini India Pvt Ltd
Date Posted: 2016/05/16
michelle andrew banting
by michelle andrew banting , customer solution officer , citigroup

They are all important however i would choose skills and positive attitude. If you have them combine you will turn out to be the best employee who would always smile and be positive if things at work get rough. And with the skills he/she can do the task. 

Adil Alshami
by Adil Alshami , Business Development & Branch Manager , Zoom Zamani Co.

Will I prefer to mix them to get the best of the candidate's , and with out one of them you will find a gap or bad candidate.

Likhitha  Jenson
by Likhitha Jenson , Sr. HR Executive , UNIMET FZE

I believe the ideal is a good combination of both theoretical knowledge and practical understanding (Qualification, Skills/Experience). When reviewing CV's experience is reviewed before education in most cases apart from entry / junior level positions. A 3 year-Study only - Degree doesn't really work. So apprenticeships are starting to become much more commonplace within the sector along with other workplace learnings. So i believe ideal is that a combination of both

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