General vs Specific Skills Recruitment

General Skills: 

Attracting staff that have skills, attitudes and behaviours that are a good cultural fit to a firm’s culture; learning the specifics of the role on the job. General skills include flexibility, communication skills, social confidence, work under pressure. Ensures a good cultural fit for firm, but time and productivity lost in learning specific nature of the role.

Specific Skills: 

Targeting recruits with specific skills to fill gaps in organisation. Faster productivity gains, but risk of poor cultural mismatch. Lower flexibility in future change initiatives.