Noted psychologist, David McLelland, once said, "they say you can teach a squirrel to fly, but it's easier to hire the eagle." Assuming that's true, what implications does the statement have, for staffing and human resource management?

As per the statement "they say you can teach a squirrel to fly, but it's easier to hire the eagle", management should hire a person who is competent and knows about the job in order to save the resources. It is beneficial for a company to hire an individual who poses right skills, aptitude and fulfils other requirements as compared to training a fresher from the scratch. This helps in avoiding various costs and avoiding risks involved which includes whether that person is competent enough to give productivity above the amount spent on the training. Also, the individual might leave the organization after training before giving returns equal or greater than or equal to the resources used in training. Hence, it is true that it is easy to hire a competent personnel than to hire a fresher.