Your Hiring Practices Are Creating the Workforce Gap in STEM: Part 1 - Debunking Years of Experience
Channel: ThinkChamp
Date: 2022-07-28

Part 1 of Equitable Hiring Practices debunks the belief that more years of exposure (confused with experience) increase knowledge and performance. It also explains why years of experience are not scalable, objective, or practical. In the following videos, we'll explain why unscientific practices like mandating years of experience harm more women, minorities, and older professionals looking for a career change to STEM.   

Dr. Curtis is one of the few scientists to help debunk the 10,000-hour rule. Most importantly, Dr. Blake Curtis is the first scientist to debunk the "years of experience" fallacy scientifically. His study proved that task-based experience is more objective than time-based experience. Blake is also the author of "How to Complete Your Master's Degree in One Semester.", which has over 15,000 views and has helped over 150 students complete their master's degrees in record-setting times. 

Chat with Dr. Blake Curtis, Sc.D on LinkedIn  at Contact:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/reginaldblakecurtis/

References:
Curtis, B. (2022). Creating the Next Generation Cybersecurity Auditor: Examining the Relationship between IT Auditors’ Competency, Audit Quality, & Data Breaches. https://www.proquest.com/openview/0484b9b2f7afc71804af87a03dfd5702/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=y

Ericsson, K. A., & Pool, R. (2016). Peak: Secrets from the new science of expertise. Boston, 
MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.  https://www.amazon.com/Peak-Secrets-New-Science-Expertise-ebook/dp/B011H56MKS/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1F824FB5TJ6TN&keywords=peak+expertise&qid=1659048519&s=books&sprefix=peak+expertis%2Cstripbooks%2C160&sr=1-1