Don’t judge a book by its cover!

 

The motto is about the insight of a person, not the outside look. With the same meaning, recruiters not only hundred per cent focus on your resume, but they also want to see how you fought to get the same point with other persons from a lower background.

In her TED talk video, Regina Hartley mentioned two types of characteristics, including “the Silver Spoon” and “the Scrapper”. The Silver Spoon is the one who had advantages and was destined for success while the Scrapper had to fight against tremendous odds to obtain the same point. 

We do not refuse the Silver Spoon, but if you were born with a whole life set toward success, how will you handle the tough situations? Working is not as easy as eating. You will meet a lot of problems that you have not even seen before, and the main feature of your ability is how you deal with the issues that not impact organisation and stakeholders’ benefits. By contrast, the Scrapper had lots of experience dealing with many tough circumstances and hard times to overcome their own difficulties. Starting with a lower level of background and lack of knowledge is not the problem to the Scrappers because they got the real experience and already solved many concerns. 

Thus, between the Silver Spoon and the Scrapper, Regina will choose the Scrapper for the position, and I agree with her.