A talent acquisition strategy can sometimes be incomplete if the recruiters scrap out campus recruiting from their recruiting plan. Some might think that college graduates don’t have the relevant experience needed to work. But stopping yourself from recruiting from campuses just because of lack of experience can be a big mistake. Campus recruitment has many perks that overshadow the lack of experience.?
- Employer brand for the future: When you hire from a college, it gives you an immense opportunity to leave a good impression in the minds of future graduates and the faculty. Engaging with students allows you to tell them what benefits you are offering as an employer.
- Enthusiastic new hires: Employees that have just graduated would be enthusiastic to leave a mark at this new phase of their lives. They have high energy levels, which they want to invest in proving that they are capable of getting things done. Age diversity is a good way to add different perspectives in the workplace.
- Improved retention rate: If students feel welcome and appreciated in the work environment, then they feel a sense of responsibility towards their first recruiter. Convince these new hires that you, as an employer, are worth working for. Have a solid onboarding process that tells them what is expected out of them. Make them feel more than welcome and accepted at the company and they will portray loyalty in return.?
- Enrich your candidate pipeline: You build a talent pool for the future when students fill the application on job postings. You can engage with non-selected candidates to fill job openings in the future. This helps to tackle talent shortage situations.?
- Fresh knowledge and skills: As students are fresh out of college, they have new knowledge and skills that they want to apply somewhere. Hiring students fresh out of college can add a new and young perspective to the workplace.?
- Save on salaries: College graduates are willing to sacrifice salaries for the experience they are gaining at their first jobs. They are given an opportunity to grow their skills and increase their professional network. At the initial stage, graduates think that gaining experience and learning new things is more important than having a highly competitive salary.
- Easier to manage: College graduates are quick learners and are always eager to impress their seniors. Students and recent graduates learn and perform new functions easier and faster than the older employees. Their adaptation capabilities are comparatively higher and they take on many responsibilities at a company. Moreover, they are in the initial stage of their career and they listen to instructions instead of questioning them.
To conclude, campus recruitment is a great opportunity to showcase a brand and create a talent pool for the future. Hiring fresh out of college students has proved to increase productivity in the workplace. Remember to include campus recruitment in your next recruitment plan because of the many benefits it has.
