“Hire character. Train skill”

“Hire character, train skill” is a saying that has been printed on many posters. “Hire character, train skill” has been credited since 2005 to former Porsche CEO and motivational speaker Peter W. Schutz, but it’s uncertain when he first said it.
 
The saying means that, most importantly, one should hire people with good character; skill can and should be trained.
 
“Hire for attitude, train for skills” is a similar saying.
 
   
Wikipedia: Peter Schutz
Peter W. Schutz (born April 20, 1930) was the president and CEO of Porsche between 1981 and 1986, a time in which the company greatly expanded sales, primarily in the United States. Today he is a motivational speaker and co-founder of Harris and Schutz Inc., with his wife Sheila Harris-Schutz.
     
Google Books
Reasoning and Writing Well with Student Access to Catalyst
By Betty Mattix Dietsch
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Humanities Social
2005
Pg. 28:
Peter W. Schutz, former president and CEO of Porsche AG, agrees. Schutz advises: “Hire character. Train skill.”
 
14 June 2007, St. Cloud (MN) Times, pg. 1C, col. 1:
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“Hire character. Train skill.”
—Peter Schutz
 
Twitter
George McClellan
‏@mcgeneral  
Hire character. Train skill. ~Peter Schutz (http://www.freado.com) #quote http://ff.im/-2HwoJ
10:00 PM - 7 May 09
 
Google Books
Book of Business Quotations
Edited by Bill Ridgers
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
2012
Pg. ?:
Hire character. Train skill.
Peter Schultz, inventor (1942–)
 
Google Books
Quotable Quotes:
Wit and Wisdom from the Greatest Minds of Our Time
By Editors of Reader’s Digest
New York, NY: Reader’s Digest Association, Inc.
2012
Pg. ?:
Hire character. Train skill.
—PETER SCHUTZ
 
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Fast Company
‏@FastCompany  
“Hire character. Train skill.” How to make every hire a creative-minded person: http://trib.al/YaJMhjx
3:18 AM - 17 Jun 13