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Skill vs Experience: What's the Difference?
Experience describes what you have encountered, participated in, or performed over time. Skill describes what you can do.
Experience can be deceptive
A person may have five years of experience using a system but perform the task in exactly the same way they did in year one. Another person may have one year of highly intensive project work and develop rapidly.
What makes experience valuable
Better judgment; greater accuracy; broader understanding; stronger problem-solving; greater independence; ability to handle variation; improved quality.
Look beyond years
Employers should look beyond the number of years and examine what the experience actually produced.
Knowing your skills is useful. Understanding where those skills come from, which abilities may support them, and where they can take you gives you a much clearer picture.
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