Should Companies Hire People Without Any Work Experience And Train Them Later ?

As reported by Red Adair, “if you think it’s expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur” (WarwickTweetup, 2013, para. 4). Despite the fact that some may object that an inexperienced person is not what one could call an amateur, hiring one or the other could finish being just the same. Organisations hiring people without any work experience take not only useless and dangerous risks but may also face problems that could easily be caused by amateurism. The results for companies may be loss of productivity, money, and efficiency, which are three negative effects that could become really expensive for any kind of businesses. On the contrary, seeking strong, reliable employees and hiring them can considerably enhance a company’s profits and success. A business staffed with talented and dedicated employees provides itself with the best possible chance at succeeding in the marketplace. To do so, companies need to hire what one could call “A-players”: employees who are going to bring as much experience as possible on board (Vaishnavi, 2013). Although the opponents may defend the positive aspects of hiring inexperienced people saying that they are not “burdened by years of experience” (Dyson, 2012, para.5), companies that need valuable and passionate employees to succeed in today’s world should never hire people without any work experience.

One clear reason why companies should never hire inexperienced people is that employers do not know how valuable or passionate these new employees may be. The answer is that they may not be valuable at all. Inexperience does not mean that these people are not qualified. They can in fact be holders of bachelor, master or even Ph.D. degrees; they can come from the most prestigious schools of the country. But the facts are that a degree of any kind, or a 4.0 GPA, does not show how passionate or valuable to a company one may be; experience does (Pozin, 2013). In today’s world, more people go to college to obtain a degree, and, even though this may sound positive, the reality is somewhat different: young people arriving in the marketplace think the same way, have the same capacities; their minds are mapped. That is why degrees do not give any certainty to an employer that one person may fit the job better than another. However, some may insist upon the fact that different types of companies exist, and that degrees can be enough for businesses, which have the time and money to invest in training programs. Although this is certainly true, 85 percent of Canadian companies (StatCan, 2013) and up to 90 percent of American companies (U.S. Department of State, 2014) are small and medium enterprises, which do not have the time to invest in inexperienced people, but need people who can bring value to their companies. For instance, freelancing as a web developer shows more motivation and passion than a master’s degree in computer science.

In addition to showing how valuable and passionate one can be, experience can also help one learn and grow, while developing abilities that can be essential within a company. School is a place where everyone has been going for years. It is what specialists consider a “safe place”, meaning one feels safe there, knows how it works, and knows how to act. Grades and GPA are results obtained in safe and known conditions; they do not reflect one’s adaptation abilities or capacity

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