The recruiting efforts are getting higher as the industry is getting more demanding. The pressure can be palpated in the PR office, but do the recruiters really have the bigger picture at hand?
The need for perfect candidates seems to be at stake for the well-being of a business. Everybody prefers to take already experienced candidates that can get right into the business from day one, while the entry jobs are maintaining their dust layer that gets thicker and thicker. However, we have come prepared today with six interesting money and business benefits for hiring students.
1. New brains to mold
Well, the experienced guy with ten years of being the best in his field, which is also related to your field, might present himself as a better fit for your position. However, is this really to the benefit of the company?
There is a point that the recruiter should avoid that may seem a good decision at the moment, but that can backfire later on. This critical point is defined by hiring overqualified personnel. The first thought is that if they applied, then they must have read the job description and they still want your position, so they are as well as good to hire. However, this might have a negative impact in the longer run. Reading some standard facts about a job is not equal to the real office experience, so the overqualified new employee might find the job not challenging enough and soon seek for other openings to propel them to higher grounds. Your position doesn’t even demand high expertise, and the new employee should do just fine with one-month training.
On the other hand, the student has a fresh mind, full of amazing ideas of how to change the world for the better. Usually, these ideas are squashed and are just as good as gone within the terrible four walls of the common first job, which is a call center position. Not having experience is not as bad as it may seem, but this presents itself with an opportunity.
So, the first advantage that the employer can have by hiring an ambitious young person is the chance to mold their minds in the compliance with the company policy. The youngsters are usually full of energy, and their minds are like sponges. They are willing to learn everything they are given, and they don’t stream the new information through the narrow lens of critical sense that the more experienced employee have most likely created at their former jobs. This means good news for the company as the internal culture is not put in jeopardy with an already formed mind.
2. Easier to manage
The professional worker has gathered enough experiences to know their worth and value. They know what demands to ask from the new authority, and they are more inclined to stick to their employee responsibilities and nothing beyond.
However, the students have still an adaptive nature nourished by the high paced routine of the today’s Colleges. They are used to inhumane deadlines, and they usually say “Yes” to everything that seems to teach them new things about the future of their career.
In other words, the management will have a more streamlined workflow with the students. The assertive and ambitious student knows that their path to success is not clear of obstacles until they gather enough experience. So the desire to achieve higher accomplishments is bigger than the desire for a higher paycheck and a lesser competitive environment. The enthusiasm replaces the comfort, and it is easier to manage than the pretensions of an experienced employee.
3. Lower salary expectations
Usually, the number on the paycheck is decided mostly by the years of experience and education. Consequently, the revenue for the new student employee will be lower than the five-year experienced candidate for the new position.
Moreover, the students are aware of the main factor that decides how the paycheck is going to look, so they are usually willing to work for a full-time job for lower incomes. They are also aware of the fact that they won’t earn larger financial gains from the beginning. However, what they value in the first place is the chance itself. The chance of practicing what they learn in the classroom or their own innovative ideas can weigh more than the paycheck itself. The chance to start their desired careers from an early age outweighs the higher financial status, so the return of investment will soon prove to be in favor of the employer.
4. The tech-savvy
The generations are different from each, while each brings a special general feature. For the Millennials generation, this special power is the ability to crack any technological boundaries.
People have high expectations from the new generation that they are the pioneers of the hybrid between reality and technology. They were born with the computer in front of them, so decrypting the online language is basically their second nature. The fresh students have no fear when it comes to technology.
On the contrary, they feel like home when social media, programming or any kind of phone, iPhone or Windows application is involved. So, they are more adaptive to the changes that the technology triggers than the older employees. Moreover, their social skills that are not inhibited yet by refusals or negativity can prove to be a nice agent that encourages the others to the benefits of the inevitable changes within the company.
5. Innovation
Since the fresh new minds weren’t tempered with previous work experience, hiring a student will give the employer access to the gateway of the present world. The old team has gathered enough experience, but their nemesis might be the lack of innovation. The team members are facing the same issues on a daily basis, and they don’t have time to shift their look to the changing and volatile trends.
Whereas, the student is always connected to the preferences of the younger generation which are the present or the future of the company’s target public. They can prove to be a valuable window for the team that leads to the modern trends that dictate the decisions of consumers. This is a powerful insight that can bring a fresh breath of air to the saturated and overburdened teams. This also is another lead that brings diversity to the team.
Diversity has become a highly sought factor that builds the ideal team together. It fills up the generation gap, increases productivity, enhances communication skills, and there are fewer management problems for the employers.
6. Meet the future of the industry
Once the application is send, it means two things. The student is just interested in the position for the pocket money if the job description is a light night literature. However, if the student adventured for a complex job opening, the odds are in their favor.
Whether we like it or not, the clueless yet enthusiastic kids of today will run the empire of tomorrow. Their ambitious nature will not stop for the first failure or success, but there are high chances that they might be the pioneers of the future of your industry. So, spotting the early talents might be a good move for the brand itself. Even though the insatiate hunger for new practices and lessons might not provide them with the desired nature of the loyal material, the opportunity is not a small gesture for the student. If the future reserves them an important role in the industry, the student will not forget the open door that made the success of their career come true. And the lever to the future trends is exactly what a business wants to stay relevant and modern over the time.
So, even though the students don’t have an impressive background of work experience, it doesn’t mean that they can bring six times more value than the experienced candidates.
