Why "Years of Experience" Is A Broken Metric
Why "Years of Experience" Is a Broken Metric | APTI Careers Almost every job posting asks for a specific number of years. 3 to 5 years for mid level roles, 7 plus for senior positions, 10 or more for leadership. It is one of the first filters an applicant tracking system applies, and one of the first lines a recruiter scans. It also tells you almost nothing useful about whether someone can actually do the job well, and it is worth asking why hiring teams keep relying on it anyway. What years of experience actually measures At its core, years of experience measures time, not skill. It tells you how long someone has been employed in a certain type of role. It does not tell you what they did during that time, how much they learned, how much responsibility they held, or how good they got at the work. Two people can both have 5 years of experience in digital marketing ...