From Harvard Business Review, April 17, 2009...
Managers often say they admire versatility in an employee. After all, a versatile person can switch seamlessly from one type of task to another, putting nary a crease in the fabric of daily work life. In practice, though, I find that versatility comes under suspicion, at least initially.
During my years working full-time, I often served on groups that were tasked with hiring. Inevitably, the resumes that showed the greatest concentration of directly relevant experience would rise to the top. Folks in the hiring group gave lip service to the breadth that was evident on some resumes, but in the end it was the safe-bet candidates who were selected for a first round of interviews. More than once, I heard people justify hesitation about an apparently versatile candidate with the warning "Jack of all trades, master of none."
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