When you’re recruiting for your up-and-coming business, you’ll likely be looking for a decent mix of education, experience, and raw talent in each person you interview. In particular, looking for somebody who can handle a management role means entrusting your company to somebody who you hardly know. So how can you predict if they will be a success?
Of course, there are no guarantees, and everybody has their unique balance of strengths and weaknesses – which can often surprise you. But it is interesting to note, via this new interactive resource about the highest-paid CEOs in each US state, that the top-hitters all tend to graduate with at least one degree, and two-thirds of them with a post-grad qualification too. Diplomas matter!
Business itself is a strong option. Naturally, you want somebody who knows what they’re doing! But engineering is a strong second-runner in terms of the degree choice of America’s CEOs. Somebody who knows how it all works on a hands-on basis is going to have decent instincts when it comes to making important decisions. On the other hand, somebody with an arts and humanities degree is more likely to have those soft skills a manager needs, particularly empathy and a creative imagination.
Check out the infographic below by our friends at resume.io to see which companies favoured which type of graduate, and you’ll find it easier to decide who to take. That is, if you don’t mind your new protégé overtaking you to become a top-earning CEO!
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Paul Slezak
With over two decades of experience in the recruitment and human capital industry, Paul Slezak has established himself as a transformative force in the realm of leadership and career coaching, group facilitation, and talent acquisition. His unique perspective, drawn from his early career as a leader in global recruitment firms and his entrepreneurial success with his own start-up, has enabled him to make a significant impact on leaders, teams, and organizations across the world. Paul's passion for helping others achieve success and high performance is evident in his commitment to transforming leaders and their teams at local, national, and international levels. He specializes in promoting the importance of human-centered intelligence, focusing on soft skills such as authenticity, transparency, and trust to complement business-centered acumen and drive better workplace outcomes. As an impartial facilitator, Paul brings his expertise to team offsites and strategy days, ensuring alignment on goals, values, and culture while keeping participants on task. His engaging and energetic presence, coupled with his unique "entertraining" and "edutaining" delivery style, enables him to connect with audiences both large and intimate, sharing personal and professional anecdotes that inspire and energize.
