The decision to hire someone (or not hire someone) is often the result of a blend of factors, all of which are specific to the industry, company and role. But new data shows that, on average, 32% of people in tech say “work ethic” is the most important quality and “prior experience” is the least.
Indeed, the results show that “work ethic” was the most important quality (32% of the vote), followed next by “integrity” (24%), “good culture fit” (20%), and “resourcefulness” (16%). Perhaps the biggest surprise was that “prior experience” was the least popular response (8%).
More than 1,000 people across the technology industry responded to the query.
Women rated “resourcefulness” and “good culture fit” equally
When analyzing the split vs. men and women, the data shows mostly similar responses, although an equal percentage of women chose “resourcefulness” and “good culture fit.” Men, on the other hand, chose “good culture fit” (22%) more than “resourcefulness” (15%).
Executives deviate from the rest
Tech workers in executive roles were the only group of people to weigh “integrity” and “good culture fit” higher than “work ethic.”
From an age perspective
By the same token, workers in the age range of 46 to 50 were more likely to choose “integrity” over any other quality (28%). Work ethic was No. 2 (25%).
The latest reading is as of March 21.
