AndyG (1/2/2009)
Exactly - at the companies I have worked at, we often have *more* problems with the people that do have industry experience because no two companies do anything the same way - just because you know how things worked at Bank X doesn't mean you will understand how things are at Bank Y - and often the preconceived notions you have from Bank X interfere with learning how Bank Y does things.
Absolutely. One of the biggest problems we have where I work, an ANCIENT insurance company, is the entrenched knowledge, "We've always done it this way," even though what we're trying to do is something new and different. So "knowledge" can work against you if you let it.
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