This paper examines how misunderstandings and misconceptions about potential job vacancies can, in large measure, be prevented by using some of the tools from
project management improvement that focus on providing iterative changes and corrections. It looks at how such a
continuous improvement process relies on the collection of accurate data about how
people are performing a task, which are then used to design
training programs that better prepare people for the work expected of them. In particular, it focuses on
education and shows how schools that have been the most successful in implementing continuous improvement models into the overall management of personnel have been those that have been most willing to allow a high degree of democracy in their workings.