The Challenge of Hiring Experienced Employees without Investing in Training and Development One of the key emerging issues in Human Resource Management is the challenge of hiring experienced employees while not investing in sufficiently in training and development. This issue has been a problem in many organizations. When recruiting, most organizations expect employees to have prior experience but are not ready to provide training and development opportunities. Armstrong (2011) states that training and development are essential in enhancing the performance of employees and long term organization success. This issue has been more significant in Sri Lanka after 2019 due to various incidents such as the Easter attack , the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Economic crisis (2022). Because most of the organizations started to cutting their cost to survive in the market. The Daily FT states that there has been a growing skills gap in Sri Lanka. Most employers are unable to find skilled employees wi...