This is, I’ll admit, a difficult topic. You’re trying to find the right description to get just the right person.
Example…you want a gardener to plant a border of yellow daffodils across your company’s property. We need to get this right so the gardener can ‘hit the ground running’.
Must have 5 years experience planting yellow daffodils in company gardens.
That does it, doesn’t it? It’s specific; it makes sure they have not just planted bulbs in a garden…at home…once. It would tend to indicate that they know a daffodil bulb when they see one.
I think you can see the problem. You’ve eliminated gardeners whose experience is in parks or ones who have only planted tulips, but would be perfectly capable of doing the job.
Are you asking for specific skills when broad based knowledge might be better? Are you looking for time spent, when you want a skill level? How specific does the skill actually have to be? Would a candidate with a track record of learning beat out someone who has practiced the same thing for years on end?
#4 Corollary: Be aware of what you REALLY need and put THAT in the job description.
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