Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Applicants are expected to already have the skills necessary to peform any job that they are applying for. Not the "potential" for them.

Which is a disaster for gifties and any others who thrive on learning.

I suppose the short-term gain is that you get someone who can "hit the ground running." But I suspect that there's a moderate or long-term loss when people get bored and move on. There's probably also a hidden cost of reduced enthusiasm for work.