basic math skills

I interview three candidates today. Pressure is on.

Two of them cannot calculate 20% of $30billion and I’m flabbergasted.

The importance of education and basic numeracy… something I had taken for granted but something I cannot live without… I have only one qualified candidate to choose from. The one with the shiny CV is not qualified. I am reminded of the importance of case study which is one step beyond someone putting together a pretty storyline to get hired.