"You might know the right decision because you have 20 years' experience working in a sector," Clarke says, "but you might have to sacrifice 20% of this right answer to please everyone.
About half of the unsuccessful business owners had experience in a related sector, but only 30% had management experiences and 23.5% of them had previous entrepreneurial experience.
Each DST was assigned to a HENVINET partner with experience in the sector (a 'supervisor').
These can include your areas of expertise, length of experience in the sector, a branding statement, or other information that furthers your application.
Experience in a variety of sectors can bring transferable skills – but recruiters should not necessarily be looking for connections in the corporate sector, specifically from finance, with £ signs in their eyes.
Using an original panel dataset with the characteristics of European higher education ministers, we find that having a past experience in the sector leads to a higher level of performance, as measured by ranking data.
Additionally, if you're trying to fill a gap or get essential experience in the sector before making a career move, voluntary work can be a useful stepping stone.
We need a structure that not only equips young people with the life skills essential to success, but also provides valuable experience in an industry or sector.
However, industry watchers said that a restaurant business was an obvious target for 3i as it has experience in the sector, having once held a stake in the Giraffe chain before it was acquired by Tesco.
"Education [and] experience in the sector are key because without a sound knowledge base, how can a lead mentor... help his team with code issues?" Smith asks hypothetically.
