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Experience Doesn't Predict Success

Tippie Leads | Season 1 | Episode 8

Research: Chad Van Iddekinge | Story: Eric Jensen

Wednesday, November 6, 2024

When organizations hire new people, can they really predict if their employees will be successful and engaged? We often look to one's previous experience as our gauge for predicting success and engagement at work.

In our final episode of season one, we'll hear from Chad Van Iddekinge about why we overvalue experience in our new hires and what else organizations can do to predict new hire success. Later in the show, we'll hear a fun story about an on-the-job learning experience from Tippie undergrad Eric Jensen. And finally, we’ll bring it all together with a Final Tip(pie) just for you.

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Episode guests

Portrait of Chad Van Iddekinge.

Chad Van Iddekinge

Director, Graduate Studies and Henry B. Tippie Research Professor in Management
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Eric Jensen

Tippie Undergraduate Student