Now hiring...no experience required

The readers of my generation have more than likely had one...two...five...six jobs in their lifetime. Throughout your resume building journey, you also have more than likely encountered a company with a high turnover rate. A high turnover rate means that a company can't seem to retain it's employees, whether through termination or resignation. The cause is usually the pay (or lack of), the working environment, or a combination of the two.

Either way...it's a bad stigma to have. Serious candidates with aspirations to land somewhere and grow are typically scared off by the reputation. And it's ten times worse at the management level. Those companies are often forced to hire the lower echelon outside candidates, or hire from within...and pray that the lack of management experience doesn't come back to bite them.

Welcome to the NBA.

It's no coincidence that three of the four longest tenured NBA head coaches have championships (Gregg Popovich SA, Rick Carlisle DAL, Erik Spoelstra MIA). The fourth has Kevin Durant and Russel Westbrook (Scott Brooks OKC).

The other 26 coaches should keep a packed suitcase by the bed. It's not a matter of if...it's when. Losing coach...and yes you too winning coach...don't forget to pack your phone charger.

Thirteen teams hired new coaches last off season. Thirteen!....and nine of them had no prior experience at the position. This off season, three more first time head coaches were hired...and we've yet to see what the Lakers and Cavaliers do. That's 12 first time head coaches and counting in a calendar year.

So what gives? Why the high turnover rate? Is it the money?...is it the conditions?

Well, we know that NBA head coaches have guaranteed salaries. So if they get fired, they still get paid (except for rare exceptions). Plus, they can still go out and find another paying gig. These coaches are cashing out...and staying out.

So it has to be the conditions.

We've previously discussed how free agency has turned the NBA into a player's league. To win you need players, and to get them, you have to acquiesce to their demands. Even if it conflicts with the coach. And speaking of player coach riffs, when's the last time it resulted in the player leaving...and not the coach?

While I wait...

I just looked up a list of current NBA coaches to date...and I didn't recognize 13 of the names. I didn't know who coached 13 NBA teams, and I watch religiously. But I could probably rattle off 13 former coaches that appear on tv and radio every day. And not just scrub coaches, I'm talking about winners. Any one of them could probably coach the Bucks, Raptors, or any of the other 26 teams if they wanted to.

They just don't want to.

The word is out now..."Nah man...you don't want to work for them..." College coaches must have heard the whispers, they're saying no left and right now. And like any company with a high turnover rate, the NBA is now forced to hire the lower echelon coaching candidates with little to no experience...which is good for the candidates.

So if you're looking for a job, the NBA is accepting applications.   follow @plcolter