
Recruitment can be an expensive, labour intensive business. From CV screening to meet and greet evenings, hiring staff is often the most important thing a business needs to do and the activity that senior staff spend the most time on.
I’ve always hired graduates as opposed to experienced staff for the businesses I’ve been involved in and I would urge anyone thinking about making a hire in the near future to do the same for the following reasons:1. Return on investment
2. Enthusiasm and drive
The desire to work and make themselves indispensable makes hiring graduates a great option. Giving someone their first job means you need to spend longer training that individual but the enthusiasm they bring to your clients, office environment and their other colleagues gives the whole company a fresh boost.3. Loyalty
4. A different view
I graduated eight years ago but in that relatively short amount of time a whole generation of young people have used the internet and social media far more effectively and more widely than I have. If your business relies on interaction from consumers/clients in their 20s, it’s madness not to have staff who know what marketing channels their peers use.5. Help solve a crisis
There isn’t a day that goes by when youth unemployment isn’t in the news and this summer will be the toughest time for university students everywhere, graduating into a shrinking employment market. My experience is that when you give a student a chance, they make themselves indispensable. I have spent much of my time working with students who want to work, all they want is a chance to prove themselves. Alain Desmier is Commercial Director of Enternships, a portal that connects students and graduates to startups and small businesses.Share this story